Dave Leblanc

“Epictetus, stated it well when he wrote, “It is not the thing itself, but the view we take of it which distresses us.”
― Dave Grossman, On Combat: The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and Peace

“What goes on around you … compares little with what goes on inside you. —Ralph Waldo Emerson”
― Dave Grossman, On Combat: The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and Peace

“Shit does just happen sometimes, as the bumper sticker says. There are things you can’t control, so you’d better know how you’re going to react to them.”
― Laurence Gonzales, Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why

“In our experience, good judgment comes from certain habits of mind. Those with good judgment are always curious, always learning. They make it their business to know as much about the world as possible, and don’t confine their curiosity to their own narrow range of expertise, whatever it may be. They are students of human nature. They listen more than they talk. Because they have a lifetime of inquiry and learning, when a crisis erupts, they have a storehouse of knowledge to rely on beyond their own experience. And because they have developed a habit of listening, they can accept advice.”
― U.S. Department of the Army, Be * Know * Do: Leadership the Army Way