This is my PowerPoint. There are many like
it but mine is 4.0.
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 section who
are trying to out-brief me.
I must brief the impact on the Commander 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)!