There is only hard work, late nights, early mornings, practice, rehearsal, repetition, study, sweat, blood, toil, frustration, and discipline.
JOCKO WILLINKHis realistic assessment, acknowledgment of failure, and ownership of the problem were key to developing a plan to improve performance and ultimately win.
More Jocko Willink Quotes
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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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Don’t let your mind control you. Control your mind.
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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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Calm but not robotic, logical but not devoid of emotions.
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Instead of letting the situation dictate our decisions, we must dictate the situation.
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People do not follow robots.
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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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Plans and orders must be communicated in a manner that is simple, clear, and concise. Everyone
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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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In the SEAL Teams, the bond of our brotherhood is our strongest weapon. If you take that away from us, we lose our most important quality as a team.
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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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Stop researching every aspect of it and reading all about it and debating the pros and cons of it, Start doing it.
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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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The infamous they.
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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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The only meaningful measure for a leader is whether the team succeeds or fails.
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The Warrior Kid treats people with respect, doesn’t judge them.
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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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But, in fact, discipline is the pathway to freedom.
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A good leader has nothing to prove, but everything to prove.
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There is no one else to blame. The leader must acknowledge mistakes and admit failures, take ownership of them, and develop a plan to win.
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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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For leaders, the humility to admit and own mistakes and develop a plan to overcome them is essential to success. The best leaders are not driven by ego or personal agendas. They are simply focused on the mission and how best to accomplish it.
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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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Staying ahead of the curve prevents a leader from being overwhelmed when pressure is applied and enables greater decisiveness.
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When it comes to standards, as a leader, it’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate. When setting expectations, no matter what has been said or written, if substandard performance is accepted and no one is held accountable.
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