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Noticed this post in another thread, and thought a new thread might breathe life into our day ...
(as opposed to flogging dead horses ...)
And, so ... here are a few more:
(as opposed to flogging dead horses ...)
Infanteer said:People like this take themselves too seriously.
I wonder how said MWO would feel if a 2nd Lieutenant stood her at attention and proceeded to yell at her for not doing some quirky salutation.
Colonel Glover Johns Rule of Leadership #12:
13. Yelling detracts from your dignity; take men aside to counsel them.
And, so ... here are a few more:
"An officer should never speak ironically or sarcastically to an enlisted man, since the latter does not have a fair chance to answer back. The use of profanity and epithets comes under the same headings. The best argument for a man keeping his temper is that nobody else wants it; and when he voluntary throws it away, he loses a main prop to his own position."
--- Gen. S.L.A. Marshall, 1950
Hereafter, if you should observe an occasion to give your officers and friends a little more praise than is their due, and confess more fault than you can justly be charged with, you only become the sooner for it, a great captain. Criticizing and censuring almost everyone you have to do with, will diminish friends, increase enemies, and thereby hurt your affairs.
--- Benjamin Franklin: Letter to John Paul Jones, 1780