Danny's response about optimism and humility brings to mind the Stockdale paradox. In his book, Good to Great, Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't, Jim Collins interviewed Admiral James Bond Stockdale, who had been the highest ranking American prisoner in Hanoi during the Vietna...
When billionaire Ross Perot, who earned 19 percent of the vote as an independent in the 1992 election, chose retired Navy Admiral James Stockdale as his running mate, he elevated someone with virtually no public profile who was eager to introduce himself when he debated Quayle and the...
It turns out the cave is pretty short, only a few hundred yards at most. So no big deal, but the misleading distance to the light reminded me of the Stockdale Paradox which Jim Collins discusses in his bookGood to Great. Based on the story ofVice Admiral Jim Stockdale’stime as a pris...
examining the meaning of guns from the way they were used and depicted. I examine the way guns were used and understood in civilian and military realms, especially their meaning and role in the expansion of the British
When billionaire Ross Perot, who earned 19 percent of the vote as an independent in the 1992 election, chose retired Navy Admiral James Stockdale as his running mate, he elevated someone with virtually no public profile who was eager to introduce himself when he debated Quayle ...
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war hero in WWI and he sure as hell wasn't qualified to lead. Spew your campaign swill somewhere else you brainless sheep. And quit hiding behind his military record, it is his not yours. Most of you who do that have probably never even sniffed a day in the military but use it for...