Say Anything Blog

What’s green and sits outside your house all night?

Paddy O’ Furniture!

Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

Damn Straight!  I had to work today… Just checking in before going out.  (fortunately I celebrated on Saturday)

Happy St Pat’s to you too, Anna!

“Hope is not a method.” - Common Military Saying

The above is a statement of pro activity.  If any Soldier were to tell me that he hoped what he was briefing was going to come to fruition, that would be unacceptable.  We in the Army do not have the luxury to ‘hope’ that things will end well.  Hope will get us killed.  Instead, we must plan and take action.  Hope is not a method.

As a leader I can never ‘hope’ that my Soldiers have the proper training.  I can never ‘hope’ that my Soldiers have the proper logistical supplies.  I can never ‘hope’ that my Soldiers will survive the next mission.  Hope is not a method; I live in the real world.