First Man In: Leading from the Front

attention to detail. If you get the small things wrong, big problems will find you.

life will offer you the opportunity to prove why you’re the leader. And when it does, it’s all up to you.

He hadn’t even tried to fight his way through that mistake. Instead, he’d been through the classic cascade: panic, despair, surrender.

The more pain and injustice we go through in life, the stronger our demons become.

They locked me into a tiny cubicle and I was driven to Chelmsford Prison. I didn’t look out of the window. That world, out there, of shops and music and sunlight was nothing to do with me anymore.

when you’re not officially in a position of authority and have to manipulate someone above you in the pecking order. To do this, you’ve got to pick up on all their wants and needs and insecurities. You work out how they see the world and let that guide you.

Special Forces soldiers are trained to operate between the tremors of the clock’s ticking hand,

Blame yourself.

If it feels like ‘temptation’, it’s a bad decision.