Sheepdog Tip of the Day, During Combat tip 193
Standard actions are much like going to a restaurant. You walk into a steak place with every intention of ordering a rib eye, medium rare, with a baked potato and a pint. Your friend who is with you walks in and is not sure what to order. The waiter hands you a menu, and what do you do? You glance at it, but unless there is something that jumps out at you as being better than what you wanted, you set it aside. Your friend, on the other hand, looks at everything on the menu! You knew what you were going to order, and after a quick examination of the "ground truth" (the specials of the day), you were ready to move forward. Your friend walked in without any thought of what to order and had to analyze all the various options. The end result is that you had to spend more time waiting to eat while this analysis took place. Time is generally not of the essence when ordering dinner, but it certainly is combat.
Christopher Brennan, The Combat Position: Achieving Firefighter Readiness
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