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Title: The U.S. Marine Corps Uses the Rule of 3 to Organize Almost Everything. Here's How Learning It 21 Ye
Post by: rangerrebew on October 13, 2019, 11:15:19 am

The U.S. Marine Corps Uses the Rule of 3 to Organize Almost Everything. Here's How Learning It 21 Years Ago Changed My Life

It all started with a copy of Inc. magazine that my dad handed to me back in 1998.

By Bill Murphy Jr.
 
This is a story about the U.S. Marine Corps, the Rule of 3, and how to avoid getting overwhelmed.

It's also about the first article I ever remember reading in Inc. magazine back in 1998 -- and how that simple rule has served me well and helped me accomplish my goals for more than 21 years.

The article was headlined "Corps Values," and it asked this:

    The U.S. Marines are trained to make split-second decisions based on incomplete information, in life-or-death situations. Can they provide clues to running a faster-reacting business?

https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/the-us-marine-corps-uses-rule-of-3-to-organize-almost-everything-heres-how-learning-it-21-years-ago-changed-my-life.html (https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/the-us-marine-corps-uses-rule-of-3-to-organize-almost-everything-heres-how-learning-it-21-years-ago-changed-my-life.html)

Title: Re: The U.S. Marine Corps Uses the Rule of 3 to Organize Almost Everything. Here's How Learning It 2
Post by: Weird Tolkienish Figure on October 13, 2019, 05:34:12 pm

Thanks for posting, that was interesting.