Via @[546404765:2048:Patri Friedman]
"Prioritization: A fundamental skill that’s surprisingly lacking in the world. A great many breakdowns and failures happen because of individual and group inability to prioritize effectively. The formal time standards for making selection were never announced, so individual candidates had to balance going as fast as they could with not getting injured or breaking down. This mimics real-world conditions: oftentimes, the finish line is ambiguous or unknown when starting. You have to do as well as you can on an individual day without sacrificing future days. Delta Force Selection tested heavily for this.
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What was the lesson here? Simple. Don’t quit. Never quit no matter what. Keep going until someone tells you to sit down. Keep going as long as you’re able to move, no matter how poorly you think you may be doing. Just don’t quit."
https://medium.com/the-strategic-review/unity-4-selection-procedures-f84622410fb8
"Prioritization: A fundamental skill that’s surprisingly lacking in the world. A great many breakdowns and failures happen because of individual and group inability to prioritize effectively. The formal time standards for making selection were never announced, so individual candidates had to balance going as fast as they could with not getting injured or breaking down. This mimics real-world conditions: oftentimes, the finish line is ambiguous or unknown when starting. You have to do as well as you can on an individual day without sacrificing future days. Delta Force Selection tested heavily for this.
...
What was the lesson here? Simple. Don’t quit. Never quit no matter what. Keep going until someone tells you to sit down. Keep going as long as you’re able to move, no matter how poorly you think you may be doing. Just don’t quit."
https://medium.com/the-strategic-review/unity-4-selection-procedures-f84622410fb8