The Japanese epitomizes this attention to detail. You can see it in the pride every worker has in his position, no matter how low. Taxi drivers wear blazers, some white gloves. Their taxis are meticulously clean even if it is an older model sedan. Rides have no radio blaring. Japanese drivers don’t honk horns. It’s simply a superior society in many ways.
This is a niche comment about psychotic attention to detail, but since you mention shooting and firearms as part of the Lethal Gentleman's protocol it might apply: Once in a while I'll talk to someone who says they are thinking about getting into firearms reloading. I laugh and tell them to get a whole bunch of labels and be prepared to write their hand off. They'll give me a confused look, and I'll tell them I have a relative who's been reloading rifle and pistol rounds for as long as I can remember, and I've read quite a bit about reloading too. Reloaders who want to be good track an amazing amount of stuff. The caliber of the round, bullet diameter and weight, bullet manufacturer and model, powder name and manufacturer and weight, at a minimum. Maybe brass manufacturer, type and brand of primer, number of times the brass has been fired, whether that load was developed for a specific firearm, if there's been any special attention to the case such as trimming or special crimping or bullet seating depth, and other stuff beyond that.
There's so much detail that goes into it. Even when I listen to Delta operators and how they run CQB - phenomenally impressive and gives me a lot of inspiration.
The Tiger Woods story captures how extreme standards create performance edges that most people cant even perceive. What's striking is that it wasn't about seeking perfection for its own sake but about calibrating to a level where micro-differences actually impact results. Most people dismiss attention to detail as overkill, but at the highest levels those 2-gram differences accumlate into meaningful advantages becuase everyone else is already maxed out on the obvious stuff.
The Japanese epitomizes this attention to detail. You can see it in the pride every worker has in his position, no matter how low. Taxi drivers wear blazers, some white gloves. Their taxis are meticulously clean even if it is an older model sedan. Rides have no radio blaring. Japanese drivers don’t honk horns. It’s simply a superior society in many ways.
No coincidence that I pull a lot of inspiration from the way the Japanese operate.
Another banger post.
This is a niche comment about psychotic attention to detail, but since you mention shooting and firearms as part of the Lethal Gentleman's protocol it might apply: Once in a while I'll talk to someone who says they are thinking about getting into firearms reloading. I laugh and tell them to get a whole bunch of labels and be prepared to write their hand off. They'll give me a confused look, and I'll tell them I have a relative who's been reloading rifle and pistol rounds for as long as I can remember, and I've read quite a bit about reloading too. Reloaders who want to be good track an amazing amount of stuff. The caliber of the round, bullet diameter and weight, bullet manufacturer and model, powder name and manufacturer and weight, at a minimum. Maybe brass manufacturer, type and brand of primer, number of times the brass has been fired, whether that load was developed for a specific firearm, if there's been any special attention to the case such as trimming or special crimping or bullet seating depth, and other stuff beyond that.
There's so much detail that goes into it. Even when I listen to Delta operators and how they run CQB - phenomenally impressive and gives me a lot of inspiration.
Being unnecessarily professional. This one got me fire up!
Glad you enjoyed the read.
What a killer read. Well written, Jack!
Cheers Matt - have a successful 2026
The Tiger Woods story captures how extreme standards create performance edges that most people cant even perceive. What's striking is that it wasn't about seeking perfection for its own sake but about calibrating to a level where micro-differences actually impact results. Most people dismiss attention to detail as overkill, but at the highest levels those 2-gram differences accumlate into meaningful advantages becuase everyone else is already maxed out on the obvious stuff.
Steph Curry another example if you haven't seen this.
Starting a new job in 2026 and I will be making this my mantra. I need to be a top performer in all areas of my life.
Great post.
What job?
Will be working in private real estate credit & equity
Phenomenal, will have to keep me posted with how you get on in Q1.
Damn, if this isn’t a manifesto for 2026 I don’t know what is
Have a lethal 2026 Pete.