Dave Leblanc

“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

“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

“only those who get it get it. A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse.”
― Laurence Gonzales, Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why

“It doesn’t mean coddling them or making training easy or comfortable. In fact, that kind of training can get soldiers killed. Training must be rigorous and as much like combat as is possible while being safe.”
― U.S. Department of the Army, Be * Know * Do: Leadership the Army Way