Instead of letting the situation dictate our decisions, we must dictate the situation.
JOCKO WILLINKStaying ahead of the curve prevents a leader from being overwhelmed when pressure is applied and enables greater decisiveness.
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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Decisively engaged?
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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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Our egos don’t like to take blame.
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Discipline equals freedom.
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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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It’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.
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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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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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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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In order to convince and inspire others to follow and accomplish a mission, a leader must be a true believer in the mission.
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People do not follow robots.
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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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Plans and orders must be communicated in a manner that is simple, clear, and concise. Everyone
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Faster. Stronger. Smarter. More humble. Less ego.
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