If mistakes happen, effective leaders don’t place blame on others. They take ownership of the mistakes, determine what went wrong, develop solutions to correct those mistakes and prevent them from happening again as they move forward.
JOCKO WILLINKA good leader has nothing to prove, but everything to prove.
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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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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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Remember to keep your ego in check. Don’t judge people.
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The only meaningful measure for a leader is whether the team succeeds or fails.
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People do not follow robots.
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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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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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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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Most important of all, he believed winning was possible.
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Plans and orders must be communicated in a manner that is simple, clear, and concise. Everyone
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More than a decade of continuous war and tough combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan gave birth to a new generation of leaders in the ranks of America’s fighting forces.
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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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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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It’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.
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Our egos don’t like to take blame.
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The leader must own everything in his or her world.
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A good leader has nothing to prove, but everything to prove.
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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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Leadership requires finding the equilibrium in the dichotomy of many seemingly contradictory qualities, between one extreme and another.
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The best leaders are not driven by ego or personal agendas.
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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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Discipline equals freedom.
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Repetitive exceptional performance became a habit.
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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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Trust is not blindly given. It must be built over time.
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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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