Establishing an effective and repeatable planning process is critical to the success of any team.
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There is no easy way.
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Cover and Move, Simple, Prioritize and Execute, and Decentralized Command.
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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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There are no bad units, only bad officers. This captures the essence of what Extreme Ownership is all about.
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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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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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Good leaders are rare; bad leaders are common.
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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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Such concepts are simple, but not easy,
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The focus must always be on how to best accomplish the mission.
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Take care of your gear and your gear will take care of you.
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And the more you build your will by doing hard things, the stronger your will becomes.
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Don’t ask your leader what you should do, tell them what you are going to do.
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Don’t expect to be motivated every day to get out there and make things happen. You won’t be. Don’t count on motivation. Count on Discipline.
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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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Generally, when a leader struggles, the root cause behind the problem is that the leader has leaned too far in one direction and steered off course. Awareness.
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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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The most fundamental and important truths at the heart of Extreme Ownership: there are no bad teams, only bad leaders.
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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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Leaders must always operate with the understanding that they are part of something greater than themselves and their own personal interests.
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Don’t let your mind control you. Control your mind.
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Most important of all, he believed winning was possible.
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The leader must own everything in his or her world.
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There is no growth in the comfort zone.
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I had to take ownership of everything that went wrong. Despite the tremendous blow to my reputation and to my ego, it was the right thing to do—the only thing to do. I
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If 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.
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