All animals, including humans, need to see the connection between action and consequence in order to learn or react appropriately.
JOCKO WILLINKRemember to keep your ego in check. Don’t judge people.
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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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The Warrior Kid treats people with respect, doesn’t judge them.
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We wrote this so that the leadership lessons can continue to impact teams beyond the battlefield in all leadership situations—any company, team, or organization in which a group of people strives to achieve a goal and accomplish a mission.
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Don’t fight stress. Embrace it. Turn it on itself. Use it to make yourself sharper and more alert. Use it to make you think and learn and get better and smarter and more effective. Use the stress to make you a better you.
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In the business world, and in life, there are inherent complexities. It is critical to keep plans and communication simple.
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You have to BE VIGILANT. You have to be ON GUARD. You have to HOLD THE LINE on the seemingly insignificant little things— things that shouldn’t matter—but that do.
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Our freedom to operate and maneuver had increased substantially through disciplined procedures. Discipline equals freedom.
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There is no growth in the comfort zone.
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Calm but not robotic, logical but not devoid of emotions.
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Departments and groups within the team must break down silos, depend on each other and understand who depends on them.
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The test for a successful brief is simple: Do the team and the supporting elements understand it?
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Remember to keep your ego in check. Don’t judge people.
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A mission statement tells your troops what you are doing.
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The U.S. Navy SEAL Teams were at the forefront of this leadership transformation, emerging from the triumphs and tragedies of war with a crystallized understanding of what it takes to succeed in the most challenging environments that combat presents.
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But, in fact, discipline is the pathway to freedom.
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A leader must care about the troops, but at the same time the leader must complete the mission, and in doing so there will be risk and sometimes unavoidable consequences to the troops.
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But we can’t ever think we are too good to fail or that our enemies are not capable, deadly, and eager to exploit our weaknesses. We must never get complacent. This is where controlling the ego is most important.
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Remember: the enemy gets a vote.
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All elements within the greater team are crucial and must work together to accomplish the mission, mutually supporting one another for that singular purpose.
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Leaders must accept total responsibility, own problems that inhibit performance, and develop solutions to those problems.
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The goal of leadership seems simple: to get people to do what they need to do to support the mission and the team.
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A good leader does not get bogged down in the minutia of a tactical problem at the expense of strategic success.
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There is only hard work, late nights, early mornings, practice, rehearsal, repetition, study, sweat, blood, toil, frustration, and discipline.
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A good leader has nothing to prove, but everything to prove.
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Good leaders don’t make excuses.
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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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