Posted on 12/26/2015 3:43:19 PM PST by Hojczyk
It was the greatest moment of Pattons career and a welcome, day-late Christmas present for the surrounded heroes of Bastogne. The Americans went on to smash the Germans at the Bulge, one of the most significant victories of the war.
Desperate for a miracle amid the crisis, the Americans got what they needed from Patton, who stayed completely confident in himself, his troops and his policy of aggression. That confidence enabled him to take the big risks necessary for a miracle.
With the economic recovery going in fits and starts, you might want to do a little miracle working of your own. Not so surprisingly, Patton-style miracles are replicable, if you do the following:
Believe in yourself. Patton was famous for many instances of bad behavior, especially the notorious slapping of a wounded soldier. But he never lost faith in himself or his belief in aggressiveness as the path to success. If you believe in what you’re doing, keep doing it. If you don’t believe in it, find something you can believe in. Quickly.
Dont worry about policy or business rules. Patton organized and trained his troops to handle something so difficult it was considered impossible, according to military doctrine. If you’re striving for a miracle, you can’t afford to be constrained by your company’s past.
Be aggressive. Take risks. There’s no way around this. Big success is for those who take big risks. Playing it safe may keep you in business, but it also squanders opportunities.
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“But he has said more than once that he thinks the military men are braver than he is when it comes to actual fighting.”
I’ve heard him say that a couple of times. He has a subtle humility most miss.
The mind reels . . . .
These people are cultists. I expect cultism from the left but not from conservatives.
So put out your very own videos with correction of Bill Stills errors? Hmmm?
yep.
Cruz went to Harvard-enough said.
That’s not the way it works, lol. By the time you gather the data, and make your video, the barking moonbat has posted his in a couple of dozen other places.
That would be pretty boring. And not very scary.
If you read the Art of the Deal you would know that is simply untrue. In fact, Trump is quite willing to cash in early when he has winnings on the table. Actually if you read his book, you would realize that Trump does not commit until he knows how he is going to win - which is what a great general does.
Really? Great generals are not so timid.
Trump was ‘fighting’ in a totally different arena than Patton was. You don’t take a gun and shoot Rosie O’Donnell because she makes a comment you don’t like, but you can hit back in kind. Same with McCain. The political arena, and the arena of public opinion have their own rules. You’re comparing apples to oranges.
It is easy to call people names, like **barking moonbat**, or as someone else did, create a cap of aluminum foil.
It is far more difficult to take the effort to prove him wrong, does it not?
The Money Masters is not the only information out there. There is The Creature from Jekyll Island, and the Secret of Oz, which is historically accurate.
It is important to remember that those who invested in mercantile adventures aiming to make fortunes off of America and Americans, were really pissed when we threw Europeans out of most of North America. No one seems to have been playing nice for a very long time.
Oh please, those all have the same errors in them.
Fair enough. never really got that apples to oranges thing though :)
why would anyone do that?
I think I’m going to throw up.
Tell us, then. Come on!
Hey, man. It’s easy to do a lot of things . . . like think that the agents of the NAU are coming to impurify your precious bodily fluids. But I have faith that you have a thick skin, and can handle a tumble on the internet now and then.
Those are the main errors.
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