Brian Walsh

“Be aware that your ego can trick you to think you have “made it” and you don’t need the training any longer. The ego will be your biggest obstacle to overcome.”
― Mark Divine, Staring Down the Wolf: 7 Leadership Commitments That Forge Elite Teams

“Notice I have not used the word vulnerable to describe Olson or McRaven. The concept of vulnerability has been made popular by the talented author Brené Brown. This has become a buzzword in corporate training as of late. But telling SEALs or any military operators to be vulnerable is like advising them to expose their back to the enemy. It makes far more sense to me that leaders be authentic—open to being wrong, open to other people’s ideas and perspectives, and courageous in connecting to their heart and connecting at a heart level with their teammates.”
― Mark Divine, Staring Down the Wolf: 7 Leadership Commitments That Forge Elite Teams

“From all this we may learn that there are two races of men in this world, but only these two—the “race” of the decent man and the “race” of the indecent man. Both are found everywhere; they penetrate into all groups of society. No group consists entirely of decent or indecent people. In this sense, no group is of “pure race”—and therefore one occasionally found a decent fellow among the camp guards.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning