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Rickover 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 n
by hayst4ck 2y ago
Rickover 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.