This is my PowerPoint. There are many like it
but mine is 97.
My PowerPoint is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I
master my life.
My PowerPoint without me is useless. Without my PowerPoint, I am
useless.
I must format my slides true. I must brief them better than the other
staff sections who are trying to out brief me.
I must brief the impact on the CINC before he asks me. I will.
My PowerPoint and myself know that what counts in this war is not the
number of slides, the colors of the highlights, nor the format of the
bullets. We know that it is the new information that counts. We will
brief only new information.
My PowerPoint is human, even as I, because it is my life. Thus I will
learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strengths,
its fonts, its accessories, its formats, and its colors.
I will keep my PowerPoint slides current and ready to brief. We will
become part of each other. We will...
Before God I swear this creed. My PowerPoint and myself are defenders
of my country. We are the masters of our subject. We are the saviors
of my career.
So be it, until victory is America's and there is no enemy, but peace
(and the next exercise) !