Mattis wrote that “the problem with being too busy to read is that you learn by experience (or by your men’s experience), i.e. the hard way. By reading, you learn through others’ experiences, generally a better way to do business, especially in our line of work where the consequences of incompetence are so final for young men.”
Marines: Nothing can stop us. We just don’t take refuge in self-pity.
You must improve.. You’ll push yourself on your 3 mile run.. and you’ll accept no excuses.