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NUTS! Why Remembering Christmas 1944 Can Change Your Life
by MARCUS BROTHERTON on DECEMBER 18, 2012

On Christmas Eve, 1944, General Anthony McAuliffe, commander of the 101st Airborne Division, issued a flier to his men. It was headlined “Merry Christmas,” and the general wrote, “What’s merry about all this, you ask? We’re fighting. It’s cold. We aren’t home.” He went on to praise Allied troops for stopping flat everything the enemy was throwing at them. Then he described a story that happened two days earlier.

On December 22, the commander of the German army had sent word to McAuliffe. The enemy commander had painted a bleak picture of the Allied position, and insisted there was only one option to save the Allied troops from total annihilation.

Surrender.

When McAuliffe read the demands, he fumed, then sent back to the German commander a reply of only one word.

NUTS!

In two days, we celebrate the 78th anniversary of one of America's greatest.....and shortest.....speeches. "NUTS!!"

One of my favorite stories when reading about WWII history. Somehow, it seems so applicable to our struggle to maintain our rights nowadays. Thanks for the reminder.

Many years ago I was working for a company that was experiencing some financial issues. One day I issued a rather comprehensive memo describing several engineering projects that I felt needed to be implemented, and how I would be perfect for the work. Anyway, the next day I got notice that I'd been laid-off. I issued a follow-up memo to the first one, that was the shortest memo the company had ever received. It contained the single word: "Nevermind".

Yes, there were several other words I considered substituting, that would have made an even shorter memo, but wisely decided not to burn any bridges. That was the point where I went out on my own as a consultant, and that very company was one of my best clients -- at a rate substantially higher than I was being paid as an employee.