Another start to the work week here at the PGON.
Suspicion: "Ignorance is the mother of suspicion."
This quote is great. The less you know, the more suspicions you may have. Knowledge is the key to dispelling this.
Summit meetings, preparation of: "If discretion is the better part of valour, preparation is undoubtedly the best part of summitry."
-Geoffrey Jackson, 1981
Preparation doesn't meant powerpoints though in my opinion. We need to start 'telling a story' when we are holding a meeting. If you are attending a meeting you should be ready to communicate and tell your story the chance arises.
I used to fly helicopters for the Navy. Now I work at U.S. embassies to build our mutual security cooperation/defense relationships. I'm also reading a novel from every country in Africa (33 so far). I'm in the process of moving these over to a dedicated website: www.beyondachebe.com. Most of my non-africa book reviews are now over at www.kruzoo.blogspot.com
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FAO Quotables
"But being right, even morally right, isn't everything. It is also important to be competent, to be consistent, and to be knowledgeable. It's important for your soldiers and diplomats to speak the language of the people you want to influence. It's important to understand the ethnic and tribal divisions of the place you hope to assist."
-Anne Applebaum
-Anne Applebaum
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