Lt Col Bill Kilgore was famous for his statement 'I love the smell or napalm in the morning'. Like him or loathe him, he had one laudable characteristic - a single minded focus on a victorious outcome, regardless of the cost. This theme is echoed today by one of the world's leading presentation designers, David Christensen, equally famous for his 'I live the smell of presentations in the morning.' But is this just coincidence, or could there be more to this connection ... ?

1. Everyone has a passion

2. … something they love in the morning.

3. There are some memorable examples

4. … of what some people love in the morning

5. Lt Col Bill
Kilgore was
famous for his
love of the smell
of napalm in the
morning

6. “It smells like
… victory”

7. “I love the smell of napalm in the morning”

8. We may not agree with his sentiment

9. Or appreciate his approach

10. His twisted view of right and wrong

11. His disdain for human life

12. We may question how people can think

13. … and act in these ways …

14. But one thing that can never be
disputed

15. …no matter what our views may be …

16. … Lt Col Kilgore’s single minded focus
…

17. On a
victorious
outcome

18. Regardless of the cost

19. Was to be admired

20. For a young, impressionable soldier

21. observing the Colonel’s focus in person

22. made an indelible impression

23. many years later

24. fully recovered from PTSD

25. Agent Orange symptoms controlled

26. the young soldier has become

27. one of the world’s leading experts in
creating

28. powerful and memorable presentations

29. and he has never forgotten the lesson

30. of single minded passion

31. Now he loves the smell of

32. presentations in the morning

33. they smell like …

34. POSSIBILITY

35. David Christensen
POSSIBILITY

36. PowerPoint
Apocalypse
POSSIBILITY

37. Any other option is too horrible for
words

38. apocalypse@PowerPointPower.com