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> [“If our mental processes become focused on our internal dogmas and isolated from the unfolding, constantly dynamic outside world, we experience mismatches between our mental images and reality. Then confusion and disorder and uncertainty not only result but continue to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-coram/if-our-mental-processes-become-focused-on-our-internal-dogmas-and/)

[Robert Coram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-coram/)

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## More by Robert Coram

> [“Understanding the OODA loop enables a commander to compress time - that is, the time between observing a situation and taking an action. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-coram/understanding-the-ooda-loop-enables-a-commander-to-compress-time-that/)

[Robert Coram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-coram/)

> [“If our mental processes become focused on our internal dogmas and isolated from the unfolding, constantly dynamic outside world, we experience mismatches between our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-coram/if-our-mental-processes-become-focused-on-our-internal-dogmas-and/)

[Robert Coram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-coram/)

> [“Thinking about operating at a quicker tempo - not just moving faster - than the adversary was a new concept in waging war. Generating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-coram/thinking-about-operating-at-a-quicker-tempo-not-just-moving-faster/)

[Robert Coram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-coram/)

> [“A pilot can be too cautious. He can be too methodical. He reads and memorizes the specifications, knows the boundaries of the performance envelope,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-coram/a-pilot-can-be-too-cautious-he-can-be-too-methodical-he-reads-and/)

[Robert Coram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-coram/)

> [“He told Burton to always keep the initiative. “And you must never panic. When they surprise you, even if the surprise seems fatal, there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-coram/he-told-burton-to-always-keep-the-initiative-and-you-must-never-panic/)

[Robert Coram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-coram/)

> [“Generating a rapidly changing environment--that is, engaging in actively that is so quick it is disorienting and appears uncertain or ambiguous to the enemy--inhibits…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-coram/generating-a-rapidly-changing-environment-that-is-engaging-in/)

[Robert Coram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-coram/)

> [“And you’re going to have to make a decision about which direction you want to go. He raised his hand and pointed. “If you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-coram/and-you-re-going-to-have-to-make-a-decision-about-which-direction-you/)

[Robert Coram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-coram/)

> [“If a man can reduce his needs to zero, he is truly free: there is nothing that can be taken from him and nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-coram/if-a-man-can-reduce-his-needs-to-zero-he-is-truly-free-there-is/)

[Robert Coram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-coram/)

> [“This was a pivotal event in his career, as well as a personal epiphany. Often, when a man is young and idealistic, he believes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-coram/this-was-a-pivotal-event-in-his-career-as-well-as-a-personal-epiphany/)

[Robert Coram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-coram/)

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