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Before reading Warfighting (Marine Corps Doctrinal Publication 1) I thought business was uncertain and risky and difficult. After reading Warfighting, I now think business is relatively certain, positively safe, and relatively easy. My god.

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The Marines know how to write too. I don't know how one could improve on this paragraph from MCDP 5 - Planning:

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Thanks for highlighting this part Got me more interested in the book than Cedric did 😆

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Not the same book! ;)

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Got it. Now looking at MCDP 5.. I'm now contrasting it against youtube.com/watch?v=iuYlGR I wonder if there's a distinction between the planning mentioned in MCDP5 and the planning mentioned in the youtube 🤔 Of course granted both are borne out of diff contexts (military vs biz)

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