State and the beginning of the iraq war. I want to begin with one of the rules one of your 13 rules published in parade magazine, this is the 13th and last. Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. I find you the most optimistic person i have read in a long time. It is very important that rule had to be the summary of the 13 rules and it links to the first one that says things will get better in the morning. I start that description by saying that is not necessarily the case, but the attitude you should have. Things will get better and you should make them better. It is within your life to make them better. Force multiplier is a military term always looking for ways to enhance the power of our force, whether it is communications or supply lines or whatever it is, but we look for things that shout make the force more effective. I have found in working with human beings, and this book is about working with human beings. I have found if you convey an attitude of perpetual optimism, we ca
If Americans knew what motivations prompt US senior leaders to repeatedly engage in losing foreign adventures - like defending Taiwan - they might be more cautious before entrusting the military with the lives of their idealistic sons and daughters.