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By the time Hell Week started, at least forty guys had already quit, and when they did they were forced to walk over to the bell, ring it three times, and place their helmet on the concrete. The ringing of the bell was first brought in during the Vietnam era because so many guys were quitting during evolutions and just walking off to the barracks. The bell was a way to keep track of guys, but since then it’s become a ritual that a man has to perform to own the fact that he’s quitting. To the quitter, the bell is closure.
Can't Hurt Me
David Goggins
Viewing events in isolation makes it easier to place blame or admiration on a single person. It’s not until you study an event’s long roots that you recognize the chain of events that leads to something meaningful happening. And long chains of events are not the kind of thing that happens because of one person.
The Big Lessons From History
collaborativefund.com
And so it is that even setbacks can contain opportunities within them, if conspirators are patient and resourceful enough. Few ever make it out of the trough of sorrow—in business, in life, in conspiracy.
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