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

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If the plan is simple enough, everyone understands it, which means each person can rapidly adjust and modify what he or she is doing. If the plan is too complex, the team can’t make rapid adjustments to it, because there is no baseline understanding of it.
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Planning Simplicity Team Understand
When it comes to standards, as a leader, it’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.
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Leadership Philosophy Tolerance
Leadership requires finding the equilibrium in the dichotomy of many seemingly contradictory qualities, between one extreme and another.
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Leadership Quality
Motivation is fickle. It comes and goes.
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Motivational One Liner
Remember to keep your ego in check. Don’t judge people.
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Judgement People Remember Yourself
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
Don’t let your mind control you. Control your mind.
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Control Inspirational Mindset Yourself
There is no easy way.
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Easy Hard Time Inspirational
That’s it. When things are going bad: Don’t get all bummed out, don’t get startled, don’t get frustrated. No. Just look at the issue and say: Good.
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Bad Goodness Issue
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
Establishing an effective and repeatable planning process is critical to the success of any team.
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Establishment Planning Success Team
The infamous they.
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Famous One Liner
The most fundamental and important truths at the heart of Extreme Ownership: there are no bad teams, only bad leaders.
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Bad Fundamental Heart Important Leadership Team Truth
The best leaders are not driven by ego or personal agendas.
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Leadership Virtue
A good leader has nothing to prove, but everything to prove.
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Deep Goodness Leadership
Our freedom to operate and maneuver had increased substantially through disciplined procedures. Discipline equals freedom.
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Discipline Equality Freedom Ourselves

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