 In January 1941, while Commander in Chief Atlantic, and while Ernest J. King issued Serial 053, entitled, Exercise of Command, Excess of Details in Orders and Instructions. This message expressed his long-held concern that all echelons of command have become accustomed to issuing detailed orders and instructions, depriving subordinates of the ability to think, judge, decide, and act for themselves, attributes he felt essential to fighting the war he saw coming. He directed all echelons of command to adopt the premise that all commanders are competent, to teach commanders that they are not only expected to be competent, but are required to be competent, to train them to exercise foresight, to think, to judge, to decide, and act for themselves, to stop nursing them, to train ourselves to be satisfied with acceptable solutions, not necessarily the staff solutions are one we ourselves prefer. These timeless attributes have implications for leaders today and into the future. Lead well this week.