After all, there can be no leadership where there is no team.
JOCKO WILLINKIf we could execute with a monumental effort just to reach an immediate goal that everyone could see, we could then continue to the next visually.
More Jocko Willink Quotes
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Don’t let your mind control you. Control your mind.
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The focus must always be on how to best accomplish the mission.
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Is this what I want to be? This? Is this all I’ve got—is this everything I can give? Is this going to be my life? Do I accept that?
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Calm but not robotic, logical but not devoid of emotions.
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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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Leaders must accept total responsibility, own problems that inhibit performance, and develop solutions to those problems.
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A good leader has nothing to prove, but everything to prove.
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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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Departments and groups within the team must break down silos, depend on each other and understand who depends on them.
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So how can a leader become great if they lack the natural characteristics necessary to lead? The answer is simple: a good leader builds a great team that counterbalances their weaknesses.
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And the more you build your will by doing hard things, the stronger your will becomes.
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A mission statement tells your troops what you are doing.
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When it comes to standards, as a leader, it’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.
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Good leaders are rare; bad leaders are common.
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Leadership is simple, but not easy.
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