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It’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.

Jocko Willink

To not move around, observe, and analyze, in order to make the best decisions possible, was to fail as a leader and fail the team.
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Best Decision Failure Leadership Possible Team
In the business world, and in life, there are inherent complexities. It is critical to keep plans and communication simple.
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Business Life Simplicity World
People do not follow robots.
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People Technology
After all, there can be no leadership where there is no team.
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Leadership Team
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
leadership is the single greatest factor in any team’s performance.
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Leadership Team
Our freedom to operate and maneuver had increased substantially through disciplined procedures. Discipline equals freedom.
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Discipline Equality Freedom Ourselves
All animals, including humans, need to see the connection between action and consequence in order to learn or react appropriately.
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Action Animal Connection Human Learning
The Warrior Kid treats people with respect, doesn’t judge them.
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Judgement People Respect Warrior
There is no growth in the comfort zone.
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Comfortable Growth One Liner
Leadership isn’t one person leading a team. It is a group of leaders working together, up and down the chain of command, to lead.
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Leadership Person Team Togetherness
We learned that leadership requires belief in the mission and unyielding perseverance to achieve victory, particularly when doubters question whether victory is even possible.
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Achievement Belief Leadership Learning Perseverance Possible Victory
Once people stop making excuses, stop blaming others, and take ownership of everything in their lives, they are compelled to take action to solve their problems.
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Action Blame Live People Problem
Good leaders don’t make excuses.
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Goodness Leadership One Liner
A good leader has nothing to prove, but everything to prove.
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Deep Goodness Leadership
Stop researching every aspect of it and reading all about it and debating the pros and cons of it, Start doing it.
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