For a very short book, there is far too much repeat speak and redundancy – Look forward, Reason backward…, my boss, my boss’s boss, my boss’s boss’s boss…et al.
Look forward, Reason backward is the hallmark statement of the book and is repeated over and over. Yet it is exactly what every competent planner does whether planning a wedding or an invasion.
The BEST piece of advice from the book is this (paraphrasing) – “Never engage in any game where the best outcome you can achieve is zero.”
Braddock should’ve cut the liar loose after the second meeting and saved himself the pain.
I paid very little for this book. It was nearly worth the price.