Ron White

Some of it was from direct fire.

Some of it was from indirect fire.

This is how many the Afghans lost.

And I would prepare this report.

And at the end of the day, I would brief him on what happened.

Well, I had this big idea that I'd do it without notes, and I'd win favor with the colonel.

So I gave my briefing without notes, and I got it.

I got it perfect.

But I learned something that day, and that was...

There's no harm in holding a piece of paper when you're given a military briefing.

And when it's that detailed, even though I had it right, he didn't have full confidence in me that I got it perfectly right.

And he said, White, that was good.

I appreciate the work you put into that, but use paper next time.

I want to have full confidence knowing that what you're saying is 100% accurate.

I said, yes, sir.

With that said, I used it in so many other ways.

When a United States Navy SEAL says, is there anything significant in your career, you

you blush a little and have a little bit of imposter syndrome, right?

I gave a lot of PowerPoint briefings.

And I did do 51 convoys, but nothing happened on those convoys.