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jasonzemos | 2 years ago

US Marines are trained to make their bed with military speed and precision as the first thing they do each morning. If one can't do that little thing how can one accomplish everything else with military speed and precision for the rest of the day?

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_a_a_a_|2 years ago

That simply does not follow.

jdlshore|2 years ago

It makes more sense if you think of it in terms of identifying risk.

Rather than, "a marine who doesn't make their bed with precision is incapable of precision," think of it as "a marine who doesn't make their bed with precision is experiencing problems that could prevent them from acting with precision in more important situations."

A "no brown M&Ms" situation. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/brown-out/

(Also, it's a matter of establishing a habit of discipline.)