People who give themselves permission to fail or permission to give up for any reason (valid or imaginary), find making excuses habit forming. They never achieve their potential. It doesnβt matter if your victimology world-view is comforting, is constantly validated, or is justified, if you accept it as a reason for failure, youβll never look beyond it to ask; βWhat can I do to improve myselfββ¦ or βWhat if the reason this person is telling me that I need to improve at my job is becauseβ¦ I ACTUALLY just need to improve at my job?βThis may be the best article I've read all year. This x1000. Must Read.
The government further insisted that it doesnβt really consider itself bound to the law requiring them to only launch wars with parliamentary support, saying that the Prime Minister needs to be able to act without being βartificially constrainedβ by things like the law.Ripping off the mask
The constant presence of camouflage uniforms everywhere from quiet neighbourhood streets to MΓ©tro carriages, patrolling past schools at home-time or milling through markets, has transformed the cityscape β and the relationship of the French to their soldiers. People now bring hot drinks and food offerings to men in military fatigues at the end of their street. The elite troops of the foreign legion are invited into a barmitzvah in a street of synagogues that they normally guard. There are now military medals for serving on the streets of French towns and many more young people applying to join the army.Towards it's real goal that is; exalting the state's minions. Not keeping folks safe.