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.
JOCKO WILLINKThe most impressive thing about this improvement in performance was that it did not come from a major process change or an advance in technology. Instead, it came through a leadership principle that has been around for ages: Simple.
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Repetitive exceptional performance became a habit.
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Leadership is simple, but not easy.
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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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Take care of your gear and your gear will take care of you.
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It’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.
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Most important of all, he believed winning was possible.
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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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Whether on the battlefield or in the business world, leaders must be comfortable accepting some level of risk.
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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 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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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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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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Leadership requires finding the equilibrium in the dichotomy of many seemingly contradictory qualities, between one extreme and another.
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Our egos don’t like to take blame.
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