by David Brown | Oct 13, 2026 | Blog, Journal, Leadership, Personal Growth |
There is a particular kind of embarrassment in having a wide open net in front of you and not being able to score. I know it well. I started playing hockey at 43. I never played growing up. I rollerbladed in the nineties, but never hockey, so when I finally stepped on...
by David Brown | Jun 9, 2026 | Leadership, Personal Growth |
You don’t earn a veteran’s respect by proving you belong. You earn it by proving you don’t need to. The week I was promoted to sergeant, I had seven years in the division. The senior trooper at my post had almost thirty. They had almost as...
by David Brown | Feb 24, 2026 | Blog, Leadership, Personal Growth |
There’s a quote attributed to Alvin Toffler — the futurist, not a general or a CEO — that landed on me years ago and never left: “The illiterate of the twenty-first century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn,...
by David Brown | Jan 13, 2026 | Personal Growth, Thoughts |
How often does a man stop to listen to the wind? Truly stop—not as a pause between obligations, but as an act of attention. The soul benefits from stillness, yet stillness has become rare. The calendar pulls at us relentlessly, its weight disguised as productivity. We...
by David Brown | Oct 14, 2025 | Insight, Leadership, Personal Growth |
“If you keep working that hard, you’re making us look bad.” I’ve heard that line too many times. And recently, I was stunned to hear it again—from a group of brand-new law enforcement graduates. Two decades later, the same tired mindset is still making the rounds:...
by David Brown | Aug 26, 2025 | Leadership, Personal Growth, Thoughts |
Leadership is not a milestone you reach and rest on. It’s a standard you uphold every day. And in public safety, where decisions carry weight and consequences, that standard must be relentlessly sharpened. The problem is, too many leaders quietly stop growing. Not...
