Human Writes: Sky High
On dropping a bomb versus writing a book | Non-Fiction | Fresh Soup
The man sitting opposite me at the table told me his life story:
He was a decorated fighter pilot in the Israeli Air Force, and even took part in the bombing of Iraq’s nuclear reactor in 1981. After his impressive military service, he founded an innovative startup and sold it to a U.S. company for millions. His Air Force buddies teased him, they said only ten percent of his success was talent and the other ninety percent was beginners’ luck. This made him so angry that he immediately founded another startup, and after he sold that one, too, no one dared make fun of his exploits anymore. And now – he explained to me – having demolished a nuclear reactor and secured his financial future not once but twice, he could turn his attention to his next mission, which was no less challenging. And this was where I supposedly came in.