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We all experienced sleep deprivation at times – hat is the nature of stress but a physically exhausted leader routinely makes poor decisions in times of crisis.

Major Dick Winters

If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones. You take the tough ones too.
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Easy Leadership Tough
The men trust in you, have faith in you, and they obey, no questions asked. That’s character in a nutshell.
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Character Faith Men Question Trust
Suicide is a very permanent solution to what is usually a temporary problem.
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Permanent Problem Solution Suicide
That’s what officers must do – break the cycle of fear. If a soldier is concentrating on his own feelings and on his own fear, and he sees you moving around, he realizes that you’re sharing the burden with him. That’s why he can then move.
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Cycle Fear Realize Share Soldier War
The only thing I asked for now was to be alive tomorrow morning and to survive another day. That was all that mattered.
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Alive Survive Tomorrow War
If you are a leader, a fellow who other fellows look to, you have to keep going.
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Fellow Leadership
War is romantic only to those who are far away from the sounds and turmoil of battle.
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Battle Romantic Sound War
I would also urge leaders to remain humble. If you don’t worry about who gets the credit, you get a lot more done.
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Credit Done Humble Leadership Urge Worry
War brings out the worst and the best in people. Wars do not make men great, but they do bring out the greatness in good men.
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Greatness People War Worse
A man can get something from war that is impossible to acquire any place else.
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Acquire Impossible Man Place
If combat had taught me anything, it taught me what was essential in life and what wasn’t.
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Essential Life Teaching
Anticipate problems and prepare to overcome obstacles. Don’t wait until you get to the top of the ridge and then make up your mind.
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Anticipate Mind Obstacle Problem Wait
The intensity of a fire, or a heavy concentration, to be a leader, you have to be able to concentrate on that fire and move just as soon as it stops or the last round hits.
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Concentration Fire Intensity Leadership Stop
The key to being a successful combat leader is to earn respect, not because of rank, but because you are a man.
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Key Leadership Man Rank Respect Success
I learned a valuable lesson that nothing is ever guaranteed.
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Guarantee Learn Lesson Life Valuable
Develop your team. If you know your people, are fair in setting realistic goals and expectations, and lead by example, you will develop teamwork.
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Development Example Expectation Goals People Real Teamwork

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