Back when I was deployed in Iraq (2011)

It was a slow day at work, my buddy & I was arguing over if the 3 Peat Lakers team were led by Kobe or Shaq

My supervisor called me in his office and said

He said Private Johnson,

Who avg the most points in the NBA last season?

I proudly said

“Kevin Durant, Sergeant”

He said “ What about the year before that?

I repeated “Kevin Durant Sergeant, and D Wade the year before that”

I was happy to tell him

He said

“Private Johnson, what’s the maximum effect range for your M4?” (My rifle)

I told him

“I’m not sure Sergeant but I know where I can find the answer”

He asked me what is the process of reporting a death of the battle field

“I’m not sure about that one either Sergeant but I know where I can find the answer”

He smirked..

He looked me dead in my eye and said

Private Johnson,

“You’re very intelligent, but here you are in the middle of the war zone and don’t know shit about what’s important

You have a big ass brain filled with useless information”

That conversation changed my life forever

Imagine sitting in the middle of war zone not knowing how close you have to be to your enemy to put a bullet in his head

But you know every useless stat about the NBA

Same thing applies for non military people who know all the gossip & drama but don’t know how to survive

We know about the latest scandals, we know about the celebrity gossip & drama

Which athlete signed a fat contract
When the new shoes are dropping

But we don’t know how to increase our income, buy real estate, cut our body fat % down to a healthy level, etc

Priorities