Hi,
Satisfaction and limitations are a frame of mind---.
I have told this real story on this forum years ago---.
My very good friend in a different business got hurt and could not do his job.
Asks me---" what am I going to do---I know nothing else---". I told him come to car sales---he says I know nothing---. Told him he was the perfect candidate---owned a business---knew how to talk to people. Trained him for a couple of days and got him the job---.
In his first sales meeting of frdiay---the general sales manager is asking everyone of us on the sales floor how many vehicles each one of use will sell over the 3 day weekend---.
Some said one saome said two I said something like 4---when my buddies turn came he said 10---everybody laughed out loud---.
Anyway---fast forward 3 months---he call me on a friday morning---says guess what---how many cars I sold yesterday---I said tell me---he replied 9 cars---I fell off my chair.
I confirmed it with his manager later that day---he did it indeed---from 8 in the morning till 12 midnight---.
That thing changed my mindset---I used to be an 8-10 maybe 12 car salesman at that time---. I got satisfied with those numbers---.
I stopped being satisfied with those numbers---raised the bar and became a regular 15 + cars a month sale person---. One month I sold 34 cars---.
So I analyzed what I was doing wrong---. It was my mental state---. I had all the opportunity of selling a higher number of cars but I was just satisfied with 8-12 cars sold and was happy with that money---.
But then I realized if I just keep treating customers nicely sell them what they want---my numbers would go up and they did---.
So---what Paf did was get satisfied with those numbers---happy with lower expectations---like many pakistani posters on this forum.
In any business if the owner found out that I kicked out 8 solid buyers from the car lot because I had two deals under my belt that day and I was happy----I would have been fired from my job---and would have a hard time getting a job back in that business.
That is what the Paf hierarchy did---.
What most of the readers are not getting is the failure of the procedure by the Paf---which is---
CALL BY THE PILOT ASKING PERSMISSION TO DOWN MORE ENEMY AIRCRAFT---this is the most critical information---.
This told me that our pilots were
not given a free hand for AIR TO AIR combat---
this flight was just for show---staged for a ground strike mission---.
Air to air combat was not a part of initial briefing before the mission---. It just became circumstantial act---.
And as there was no pre-planned action decided against the enemy aircraft---that is why you see confusion amongst pakistani pilots continuously seeking permission to shoot from the mission in charge in the air with them---who himself was not ready to take charge and make the decision---and passed on the buck---.
Did you read the interview of the officer of the Ghazi submarine that was posted here on this forum just recently---.
Even in the 1965 war---the submarine---that has to stay stealthy---during time of aggression had to surface and ask permission to shoot enemy ships---. So there they were---war was happening in Kashmir---the sub finds enemy ships and cannot fire on targets of opportunity---.
Supposedly on 4th sept---it pops up its periscope and the enemy aircraft carrier is berthed at the navy base right in front of it---.
A Yehudi captain and Israeli captain would have taken that enemy ship out without asking any questions---.
See---wonderful as our officers are---brave as the men are---but there is an inherent cowardice in their personality when taking the initiative at the right time to smash the enemy to kingdom come---.
So---coming back to it---I praised the action on the 27th for the initiative---but when the bigger picture became visible---it was sorry state of affairs reeking of cowardice of the pakistani generals---and of utmost bravery by the pilots and operators on the mission---.
A massive opportunity lost by " older wiser men when the young were ready to sacrifice they lives to make a substatial blow on the enemy "---.
@Armchair @Mangus Ortus Novem @Mentee
