“The soldiers, like bands of riders on the steppe still do today, frequently sang as they rode in their small groups. In addition to singing about what soldiers always sing about—home, women, and fighting—the Mongol soldiers sang their laws and rules of conduct, which had also been set to music so that every man might know them. By memorizing the laws and constantly practicing the format of their message-songs, every man was ready, at any moment’s notice, to learn a new message, in the form of a new verse to these well-rehearsed songs, and take it where ordered.”
— Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford
Fantastic comment -- Definitely a great story to emphasize how you can embed principles in your normal activities so that they have changed how you think by the time they are needed.
There is this quote that popped into my head while reading article #40:
“I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter." Blaise Pascal.
Great principals can greatly influence great future outcomes; the writing of short, memorable, expoundable ones are well worth the time. Blaise Pascal wrote one and it's called "Pascal's Law". Two words... now I'm curious what the principal of "Chamber's Law" will be one day. Might merit its own post!
“The soldiers, like bands of riders on the steppe still do today, frequently sang as they rode in their small groups. In addition to singing about what soldiers always sing about—home, women, and fighting—the Mongol soldiers sang their laws and rules of conduct, which had also been set to music so that every man might know them. By memorizing the laws and constantly practicing the format of their message-songs, every man was ready, at any moment’s notice, to learn a new message, in the form of a new verse to these well-rehearsed songs, and take it where ordered.”
— Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford
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Fantastic comment -- Definitely a great story to emphasize how you can embed principles in your normal activities so that they have changed how you think by the time they are needed.
There is this quote that popped into my head while reading article #40:
“I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter." Blaise Pascal.
Great principals can greatly influence great future outcomes; the writing of short, memorable, expoundable ones are well worth the time. Blaise Pascal wrote one and it's called "Pascal's Law". Two words... now I'm curious what the principal of "Chamber's Law" will be one day. Might merit its own post!
I love that quote!
Keep them coming!!