This is Jocco podcast number 480 with Echo Charles and me Jocco willing good evening echo

So I went to college

To study English why did I go to study why did I go to college to study English? I went because I had already been in the seal teams

for

For what it had been 10 years at that point and I knew that writing

was very important I was I'd become an officer now I knew that writing was very important you're

writing awards you're writing evaluations you're writing concept of operations you're writing

operational summaries it's a lot of writing I know that sounds weird and then on top of that you're

reading a bunch you're reading orders general orders you're reading and you

have to understand rules of engagement you're reading and you under you have to

understand after actions reports you're reading you have to understand

lessons learned so there's a lot of reading and a lot of writing. And what I realized was the better

you could write and read, the better you could do your job. The better you could execute your

mission because you can you can formulate good concepts of operations that will get approved.

The better you could summarize what you've done in an operational

summary so you can accomplish your mission better and you can take care of your team better

because you've got awards and you want you guys to get awards and you're writing your

evaluations for your guys, which is how they get promoted.

And on top of all that, obviously, when you're to leadership position in the military,

you've got to be able to speak.

You've got to be able to convey plans.

You've got to be able to explain your ideas.

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