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In order to convince and inspire others to follow and accomplish a mission, a leader must be a true believer in the mission.

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A mission statement tells your troops what you are doing.
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Team Yourself
Leadership is simple, but not easy.
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Easy Leadership Simplicity
A leader must lead but also be ready to follow. Sometimes, another member of the team—perhaps a subordinate or direct report—might be in a better position to develop a plan, make a decision, or lead through a specific situation.
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Decision Development Leadership Team
And the more you build your will by doing hard things, the stronger your will becomes.
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Strong Willing Yourself
Don’t let your mind control you. Control your mind.
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Control Inspirational Mindset Yourself
Relax. Look around. Make a call.
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Action Breathe Inspirational See
I can remember many times when my boat crew struggled. It was easy to make excuses for our team’s performance and why it wasn’t what it should have been. But I learned that good leaders don’t make excuses. Instead, they figure out a way to get it done and win.
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Goodness Leadership Learning Myself Remember Struggle Time Win
Our egos don’t like to take blame.
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Blame Ourselves
Plans and orders must be communicated in a manner that is simple, clear, and concise. Everyone
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Planning Simplicity
The test for a successful brief is simple: Do the team and the supporting elements understand it?
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Success Team Understand
Motivation is fickle. It comes and goes.
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Motivational One Liner
Although discipline demands control and asceticism, it actually results in freedom. When you have the discipline to get up early, you are rewarded with more free time.
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Control Discipline Freedom Result Time
A good leader has nothing to prove, but everything to prove.
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Deep Goodness Leadership
Establishing an effective and repeatable planning process is critical to the success of any team.
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Establishment Planning Success Team
There is only hard work, late nights, early mornings, practice, rehearsal, repetition, study, sweat, blood, toil, frustration, and discipline.
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Discipline Inspirational Morning Night Practice Success
In the SEAL Teams, the bond of our brotherhood is our strongest weapon. If you take that away from us, we lose our most important quality as a team.
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Important Lose Quality Relationship Strong Team Weapon

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