The Clausewitz Collection (merged thread)

[Bob's World]

ML,

You are clearly a military professional who knows a great deal about his profession and also takes great comfort in that knowledge. Such is the science of war and the path for development of leaders. There is no criticism intended or implied in that observation.

Doctrine and knowledge provide a comfort zone to operate competently within sight of. But one only discovers new places and new ideas when they release themselves from that comfort zone and strikes out into less familiar territory. SWJ is an excellent place for such exploration. What I have come to appreciate is that what one understands is far more important than what one knows. Knowledge is just the doorway to understanding. This takes one into the art of war.

Take it from one who defends hard gained positions more stubbornly than most. But even when digging in hard, I am listening to what is being said, thinking about why it is others may believe things differently than I do, and am continually improving my position. Few things are black and white in this business.

Bob