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no externally imposed structure. No one’s feeding us, housing
us, or clothing us. We have no objective milestones or points
of validation. We can’t tell whether we’re doing great or falling
on our faces. When we finish, if we do, no one will be waiting
to congratulate us. We’ll get no champagne, no beach party, no
diploma, no insignia. The battle we’re fighting, we can’t explain
to anybody or share with anybody or call in anybody to help.
The only thing we have in
common with the SEAL
candidates is the bell.
Will we ring it or won’t we?
Crashes Are Good
Crashes are hell, but in the end
they’re good for us.
A crash means we have failed. We gave it everything we had and
we came up short. A crash does not mean we are losers.
A crash means we have to grow.
A crash means we’re at the threshold of learning something,
which means we’re getting better, we’re acquiring the wisdom of
