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“For each mission, I would write down the top lessons I had learned in a small notebook that I always kept in my flight suit pocket. Before each flight, I would review similar missions and strive to repeat what I had done well and not make mistakes that I had made in the past.”
HASARD LEE
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Fast-Forecasting
A fighter pilot must be able to make quick decision during critical situation by evaluating options, calculate its rough probability and approximate the expected value of each decision. This is an ability called fast-forecasting.
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“The real world is complex, and decisions always come with some amount of uncertainty. Fast-forecasting is effective in this environment because it prioritizes accuracy over precision by integrating our hard-earned intuition into the solution.”
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Learning from Aviation
We sometimes forget to appreciate that there are a lot of effort to keep an aircraft flying, which is invisible to us, let alone the relentless pursuits to keep the overall industry safe.
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Impact of Clear Thinking
A fighter pilot needs to make decision with incomplete information and lives on the line.
Clear thinking often beats talent. It’s better to exercise judgment to avoid situations that would require superior technical skills.
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Effects-Based Operations
In modern days, war is planned based on the desired effects or outcomes rather than the available resources. Starting at the end goal and then working backward.
This type of planning is better than focusing on traditional medium for certain attack, we can select and combine the most appropr...
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“The ability to clearly assess a problem, generate potential courses of action, assess expected value, and then execute is a universal skill that everyone can learn and improve upon.”
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Mental Toughness
No plan survives first contact of the enemy. In real combat, there is always element of fear involved. Ability to manage stress and remain calm are critical to think clearly in any situation.
Beside training and experience, there are several techniques that can be used, such as breathing sl...
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Utilize Heuristics
Heuristics are rule-of-thumb strategies designed to shorter the time it takes to solve complex problem and decide next course of action. It’s a mental shortcut.
Some examples
- Line of sight. How an object align to certain position in the windshield.
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“No one is born a good pilot. In fact, most fighter pilots show up to pilot training with zero flight experience.”
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“Debriefing is one of the most powerful tools to improve decision-making. By understanding the cause and effect of the choices we make, we can build an understanding of the world around us.”
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Honing Decision Making Skill
A fighter pilot must be able to make decision quickly until it becomes instinctual.
There is hard limit on how many times they can fly and engage in real combat, so learning process is critical.
Some strategies:
- Concepts over facts. Understand cause and ef...
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3 Steps of Decision Making
Making decision as a fighter pilot involves 3 steps known as the ACE Helix:
- Assess the problem
- Choose correct course of action
- Execute
It’s like a helix because each decision may require us to make second an...
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“To make an aircraft fly is a constant struggle against physics. An airliner traveling six hundred miles per hour at thirty thousand feet is not something that happens naturally. It’s not a fail-safe act, meaning the default is to crash—it’s up to our ingenuity and dec...
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“We are naturally programmed to view the world in a linear way. For much of history, mistakenly identifying a power law as a linear relationship wasn’t a big deal because the world wasn’t nearly as leveraged. Today, though, our decisions are greatly leveraged by techno...
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Power Law
Our minds are biased toward linear thinking. However, many things in life are nonlinear.
Power Law governs systems where a change in one aspect can lead to a very large change in another, regardless of starting conditions.
There are 3 common types:
- Exponential growt...
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How To Conduct Effective Debrief
To maximize learning from debrief session, apply the following ideas:
- Put aside ranks. Everyone must be allowed to point out mistakes. Everyone is open to criticism.
- Own mistakes. Encourage everyone to first look inward for failure, starting fr...
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Making Priority
Eisenhower made one of the best decision in history during World War 2. In large part, it was due to his ability to prioritize.
He introduced the famous Eisenhower matrix, a 2x2 matrix which can help us to prioritize our tasks based on urgency and importance.
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This book is unique because it is written based on the author’s real experiences as fighter pilot and trainer. Many of the lessons are quite practical and useful in critical situations.
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