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> I just find myself asking if the US army recruiting tag line Be The Best You Can Be was really met Why would an army saying be relevant to an Admiral in the
by dylan604 2y ago
> I just find myself asking if the US army recruiting tag line Be The Best You Can Be was really met
Why would an army saying be relevant to an Admiral in the Navy?
- hayst4ck 2y agoRickover famously asked Jimmy carter in an interview: "Did You Do Your Best?" Carter replied: "No, sir, I didn’t always do my best." And Rickover asked "why not?" This significantly impacted Jimmy Carter and eventually became the title of a book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/645520.Why_Not_the_Best_ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/645520.Why_Not_the_Best_ I think GP is probably pattern matching a bit too much. It's plausibly connected, but I doubt it.
- hitekker 2y agoYeah, feels like lazy pattern-matching. The top-level reply mixes context across decades and doesn't support its criticism with concrete evidence. IMHO, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyman_G._Rickover https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyman_G._Rickover article is a much more balanced take.