Do you want to be illiterate? Do you want to be inarticulate?
You're going to have to negotiate. You're going to have to lead. You're going to have to convince. You have to be able to think. And you have to be highly literate to do that.
Jocko Willink—he's a good example. That guy's like 3 feet thick, and he's as tough as a bloody boot. He's up at four in the morning every day. He's one literate person.
The great men I've met, they're unbelievably literate. They are compelling when they talk. People listen because they know what they're talking about. And they speak with authority.
