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The Achilles Trap

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“One of King Hussein’s skeptical advisers had warned him “to expect a half-baked presentation” at the C.I.A. The spy agency briefers would cloak their lack of knowledge about the internal situation in Iraq “through the use of elaborate graphs, charts, and presentational aids.” Even in these early days of PowerPoint’s hegemony over Washington, an overload of colorfully designed but cluttered and questionably relevant information was a common feature of intelligence briefings.”

‎-Steve Coll, The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America’s Invasion of Iraq

‎Read as you have attention to detail.

‎Actually, it’s not just about reading, but reading to focus your mind without distraction, because we live in a distracted world.

‎Information overload is real, and it’s a choice – your choice, whether you want it or not.

‎Please don’t fall into a trap where you don’t have a choice because you have a lot more.

‎We have life, and that life is given maybe to make choices.

‎But remember don’t just make the right choice but the choice of becoming better.‎

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