“Win the crowd.” – Gladiator
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I was sitting on my desk when my boss’s boss came up.
“John, we have something we’d like you to lead. It’s got the attention of the top people in the company, including the CEO. We need it done in 90 days. We’ve used about 15 of them. You have the full commitment of the company.”
Yikes! What could I say?
“I’ll do it.”
Looking back, I think they thought it was an impossible task. I would also have to leave my current job, with absolutely no promise of a future position after 90 days. It was amazingly risky, but it was also presented as, well, not a choice.
If I lost, well, they could fire me, say they tried, and then buy themselves time to meet the commitment. It would look not perfect for them, but it would give them breathing room. I know company politics, and I knew what that meant.
I had to win.
Never challenge Death to a pillow fight unless you’re prepared for the Reaper cushions.
In order to win, I had to have a plan. I had to put together the resources to make it happen. I asked for some very specific, very high performing people. I was told, “no”. (At least one reader knows this story very, very well.)
The first step was that I had to believe that I could win.
I look around at the country that we have today, and I see a similar circumstance: the forces that are arrayed against the TradRIght are numerous.
Seriously: they own
- most federal bureaucracies,
- most government employees,
- the military leadership,
- academia,
- media,
- Hollywood, and
- the people who count the votes.
But even with all of that, they scared.
Hillary proves it takes a village to climb a staircase.
No, strike that, they are terrified. They are terrified we are going to win, and the GloboLeftistElite will lose because they know us. They have seen that the TradRight can do when it is unified and has a common goal. When working together, we can tame continents, build a miniature star to end a war, and put people on the damn Moon in a tin can with three gallons of fuel left without having our heartbeats go above 100 and then defeat International Communism 2.0 (I count the French as 1.0).
We are the TradRight. We did all of that when we are unified.
I think that, in the end, they expect to lose. That’s why they throw everything they have, every silly law, every silly accusation against Donald Trump because they mistakenly think that if they break him, if they make him poor, they break us.
Make no mistake, Donald Trump is not our leader. Donald Trump is a very smart man who saw the motion of the people and jumped out in front. Did he want to Build The Wall before that line got applause in a rally? Maybe.
Don’t worry, I hear that protests are only illegal on January 6.
I know that Ann Coulter is still miffed that The Donald didn’t Build The Wall and was far too chummy with the Democrats, but anyone who makes them as crazy as President Trump did accomplish quite a lot: he made the GloboLeftElite and the RINO conspirators show their true faces.
But I remember in a rally where he bragged about the Vaxx®. The crowd let out a wave of disapproval, and he got off the Vaxx™ train that minute. Trump may not lead us, but he does stand for us. He finds what we want and jumps out in front.
No, breaking Donald Trump won’t break us.
But, let’s face it, the DOJ is even afraid of the Clintons.
Back to Wilder’s 90 days:
I immediately got a plan together. I used the resources I was given. I set expectations with my leadership on what we could accomplish in the remaining 90 days: I defined victory, a real victory.
My definition was approved.
I fought the political games necessary to get various leaders I had to convince on board – instead of shooting at us, they covered my flank so they could take credit if we won, while still being able to blame me if we lost.
We won. I got a 25% raise and the biggest bonus I’d ever gotten in my life up to that point. I could even mathematically prove that my methods and intervention at crucial points in the project had saved the company about $3 million.
Ta-Da!
To be clear: if I had thought that I was going to lose, I would have lost. Was it hard? Certainly. I could have lost, and about day 53 it was Not Looking Good. But my team and I turned the ship and won.
We won. Because we thought we could win.
This story, though, isn’t about me. It’s about all of us. If we think we’re going to win, we will win. If we refuse to be demoralized, we won’t be demoralized. The ability to win even at the cultural level is there, primarily because we believe in the True, Beautiful, and Good.
Anyone else find it odd that the Flintstones® celebrated Christmas?
The GloboLeftElite? They despise the True, Beautiful, and Good because it shows the empty places they have in their souls – they believe in no Truth, they believe they are ugly, and they openly despise the Good because it sets standards they cannot meet.
The physical and moral levels are a cakewalk.
That, my friends, is why our victory, though it may be difficult, is inevitable. And it’s also why they want to fill us with despair.
Onward!
Yet another well-timed message! I’m off to see if I can break my record for sharing your posts. Be back later to read the other comments.
I hope you enjoyed!!!
Do. Or do not. There is no try.
Kudos, JW. Sounds like you struck back at the empire and came out a winner. And a hat tip to the boss who recognized that you were the right man for the job. Stories such as this are too few and far between.
The best stories I’ve had from my working career were the “it can’t be done” stories. This was fun. And it made me a lot of money. If only there was an impossible mission squad . . .
“Donald Trump is a very smart man who saw the motion of the people and jumped out in front.”
That’s Vox Day you’re thinking of.
he is a comic book
He does that, too. But he’s destroyed the Leftist Hugo and Nebula awards, so, he’s got some legit scalps.
>Anyone else find it odd that the Flintstones® celebrated Christmas?
I read a long time ago: “The Jetsons was if we won the Cold War; the Flintstones was if we lost.”
So…. it was a draw? 😉
Ha! What does Detroit say? And is Elon attempting to escape???
Why wouldn’t The Flintstones celebrate Xmas? Hey, they’re tithing members of the Bedrock Primitiive Baptist Church, as are the Rubbles.
So, Rock of Ages is on the menu?
One can lose a battle, but one is never defeated until one believes in one’s heart that one is defeated.
“To Become the Enemy
“To become the enemy” means to think yourself in the enemy’s position. In the world people tend to think of a robber trapped in a house as a fortified enemy. However, if we think of “becoming the enemy”, we feel that the whole world is against us and that there is no escape. He who is shut inside is a pheasant. He who enters to arrest is a hawk. You must appreciate this.
In large-scale strategy, people are always under the impression that the enemy is strong, and so tend to become cautious. But if you have good soldiers, and if you understand the principles of strategy, and if you know how to beat the enemy, there is nothing to worry about.
In single combat also you must put yourself in the enemy’s position. If you think, “Here is a a master of the Way, who knows the principles of strategy”, then you will surely lose. You must consider this deeply.
– The Fire Book, A Book of Five Rings, Miyamoto Musashi
MM was the Ultimata BadAss. Calmly carves a bamboo sword, sleeps until his “match”, then promptly slays his opponent.
Bought the book years ago.
I have been reading it since 1984 or so. Musashi is, in my opinion, by far the most approachable martial arts writer.
Excellent, excellent quote.
In order to prevail, one must fight. In order to fight, one must identify one’s opponents.
If you aren’t willing to be called a racist, sexist, misogynist, homophobe, transphobe, whatever, you aren’t yet ready to fight. You you believe “A man can give birth”, you aren’t ready for this fight. If you believe one in three teenage girls is naturally bi, gay, or trans, you aren’t ready for this fight. If you believe “sudden onset gender dysphoria” is natural, you aren’t ready for this fight. If you’re cutting back to prevent glowbull warning, you aren’t yet ready for this fight.
Get your mind in the right place. We won WWII with a population of 120 million White, Christian Americans.
Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight.
Know that you’re definitely going to suffer, and probably going to die. Know that this doesn’t matter in the slightest, for every man owes a death. Know that the preservation of the future of your people is the highest possible calling. Know that the only way to ensure this is to place your body in front of them, your face set to the enemy. Know that you must have the will to do what is unpleasant but necessary.
The future lies on the other side of oceans of tears, rivers of blood, and mountains of skulls. Your choice is simple. Whose shall they be, your enemy’s, or your people’s?
Winning anything worthwhile isn’t easy. What prize is bigger?
I am convinced we will win, in the long run. If I wasn’t convinced of that I would just keep my head down and try to get as much as I can for me while I can and hope They don’t ever notice me. Before we can win, we need to start to fight back and we can’t start to fight back until more of us identify who the actual enemy is. That is the toughest red-pill to get most normies to swallow.
It is happening weekly now.
The people of the U.S. came from winners. It’s their heritage, their genetics, and their belief.
Every group on earth came from a long line of winners. Then they lost, and were forgotten.
More on that tomorrow . . .
Well-written article, but I 100% disagree. Our side is already paralyzed with whatever belief allows us to think everything will work out if we just post on the internet more. Qtards, normie uprising, economic collapse, voting harder, etc. etc. We don’t need another belief to add to that, the belief that everything is going to work out cuz we are all vibing together. 99.999% of our side all seem to believe they can just hang out on the internet and do shit they’d be doing anyway, like stock up on bulk food and ammo.
“No, strike that, they are terrified. They are terrified we are going to win…”
No, they aren’t. If they were terrified of us rising up, they wouldn’t intentionally spawn fake uprisings like J6 or fake state agreements like the TX border nonsense. They are terrified some other faction than theirs will win. Most of what we see and interpret as stupidity or fear are the various factions fighting it out with each other. Trump was the figurehead of one such faction. No one is afraid of us peasants for the reasons I stated above; I’m pretty sure many of those things are pushed by TPTB. Q-tardism especially.
We have no ability to act, or exert our will. It can best be described using the OODA loop. We can Observe and Orient, but we have no means of Deciding or Acting. We won’t until we control a group of states such that we have armed men collecting a paycheck from tax money obeying our lawful orders. Until that point, we are not players, just spectators and victims.
I believe it won’t go quite as far as I want it to go (in victory) but J6 shows fear. They live on fear and anxiety. The message is what they have to clamp down on. That’s why J6 was such a big deal for them.
You have the full commitment of the company.” […] I asked for some very specific, very high performing people. I was told, “no”.
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I fought the political games necessary to get various leaders I had to convince on board – instead of shooting at us, they covered my flank so they could take credit if we won, while still being able to blame me if we lost.
That is the most submissive thing I have ever read here. When they tell you to give up your car and eat bugs, will you?
Ya’ gotta play the hand you’re dealt, if you wanna stay in the game.
Lathechuck
If a company tries to stick you with such one-sided loyalty and payoffs, find another job, and don’t give the company what it’s trying to take from you.
I question your reading comprehension, understanding of hierarchical structures, and sincerity.
I’ve always believed that half of being able to do anything – was believing that you could.
I think this is pretty much aligns with what you’re saying here… 😉
I like winning. And I never bet against myself.
post and comments recommended. the dam is beginning to fracture from the pressure, It takes a lot of energy constantly to lie and scheme.
https://althouse.blogspot.com/2024/03/a-suspicion-of-mine-is-that-there-are.html
Very nice. It’s coming.
It is inevitable and absolutely necessary. Assuming men wish to retain some civilization, however reduced . . . access to food and medicine, maybe some electric power, and some modicum of freedom . . . what passes for our freedom in this vile time and place, anyway. And assuming men do not wish their sons (or the sons of other men) to be born into soft slavery, which will become less soft as the days pass.
We shall see. The anglosphere damn sure is chock-full of simps, cucks, chivalrous chest-thumping betas, fatherless boys/men, and males already functioning as hirelings of the rising gynarcy. Quite a going business these decades passed!
These things were obvious to me in the mid-nineties, why i got involved. Tho there was almost no pushback back then. Net hadn’t really gotten rolling yet.
It won’t look like we expect it to, but it will (after a time) do what it needs to do.
Yes funny thing about this stuff, it never does come out quite like I imagine or expect. In broad sense, yes, got the ‘early warning’ radar as one old associate once put it.
But always somehow different, perhaps because it’s God’s will that ends up becoming manifest, and not my (periodically unreliable) will. Not even vaguely interested in a world under my will. Skeery.
I don’t know if Father will permit America — the most rebellious, arrogant, greedy, ungrateful, and feminist nation the world has ever harbored — to be restored. I do not pray for such a thing, tho I should. My heart has hardened against her and I do not pretend I wish her well.
America will throw off its luciferianism, goddess-worship, globalism, masonic organization, wokism, feminism, and all the rest of the crud, or the King will make an example of the nation that will terrify men until the hour He wipes it from their memories.