Growing up, I was taught that “your first impression is always your last impression.” It matters how you present yourself, it sets the tone on how your soldiers and superiors will treat you and how they see you as an individual. He took the initiative to establish how to proceed the mission, something that his predecessor didn’t do at all.

“I had assumed that I would have a company commander nearby to give me orders. But I had not even met him yet; I would not meet him for weeks. The fact was, I was totally on my own. What should I do? Whose advice should I ask? The platoon sergeant’s? The squad leaders? In time I would listen to their ideas and incorporate them with my own,…” (pp. 37) This situation shows that he has a very high EQ. The reason for that is because he is very in touch with his situation and wants to do the right thing. So he talks to himself and thinks in his head how to put a plan of action together for his squad. Someone with a low EQ would not be in touch with their situational awareness at all.