Poor-country surf communities can be complex and, to some extent, leveling. The fisherman's kid is competing head to head with the plutocrat's gilded son. Your father can't buy you a good frontside hack.
Failiure is not an option.
From this day forward, Flight Control will be known by two words: -Tough- and -Competent. - Tough means we are forever accountable for what we do or what we fail to do. We will never again compromise our responsibilities. Every time we walk into Mission Control we will know what we stand for. Competent means we will never take anything for granted. We will never be found short in our knowledge and in our skills.
To recognize that the greatest error is not to have tried and failed, but that in trying, we did not give it our best effort
I don't care what anything was designed to do, I care about what it can do.
There is no such thing as good enough. You, your team, and your equipment must be the best. That is how you will win victories.
We had risen to probably one of the greatest challenges in history, put a man on the moon in the decade. We'd created incredible technologies. But what was most important, we'd created the teams, what I call the human factor. People who were energized by a mission.
When listening to another person, don't just listen with your mind, listen with your whole body. Feel the energy field of your inner body as you listen. That takes attention away from thinking and creates a still space that enables you to truly listen without the mind interfering. You are giving the other person space-space to be. It is the most precious gift you can give.
There's a meeting in Command. Disregard your current schedule,' he says. 'Done,' I say. 'Did you follow it at all today?' he asks in exasperation. 'Who knows? I'm mentally disoriented. ' I hold up my wrist to show my medical bracelet and realize it's gone. 'See? I can't even remember they took my bracelet. ' (Katniss and Boggs)
I don't pretend there aren't biological differences, but I don't believe the desire for leadership is hardwired biology, not the desire to win or excel. I believe that it's socialization, that we're socializing our daughters to nurture and our boys to lead.
That's basically what the drive is: "I want to be famous, I want to be noticed, and I want to be approved of. " That's basically what you're after. "Give me attention, give me applause, give me an audience. A. A. A. Straight As. " That's all you're looking for.