''Waterloo was won,'' quoted Rackham, ''on the playing fields of Eton.'' 'What the hell does that mean?' asked Carn Carby. 'You never even went to Eton.' 'It was an analogy,' said Rackham. 'If you hadn't spent your entire childhood playing war games, you'd actually know something. You're all so uneducated.'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- An analogy compares military success to early education in war games.
- In plain terms
- Rackham says war training starts young like sports at Eton.
- What can you take from it?
- Early training shapes later success.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What started early in your life?
- How does experience shape you?
Another view
Not all success comes from early training.
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