mentality

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Cultivating creative initiative at even the lowest unit levels is an important military mentality shift.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

“We had the mentality that the job’s not finished. Now the job is finished.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

In fact, Bayern manager Vincent Kompany says Olise has the "mentality" of Kevin de Bruyne.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

“I’ve brought the private-sector mentality into the heart of government. Into the heart, in fact, of the Civil Rights Division.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

C. P. Snow recalled how once in a Cambridge tailor’s he overheard Rutherford remark: "Every day I grow in girth. And in mentality."

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson