But, in fact, discipline is the pathway to freedom.
JOCKO WILLINKCover and Move, Simple, Prioritize and Execute, and Decentralized Command.
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Faster. Stronger. Smarter. More humble. Less ego.
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As a leader, you have to balance the dichotomy, to be resolute where it matters but never inflexible and uncompromising on matters of little importance to the overall good of the team and the strategic mission.
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A mission statement tells your troops what you are doing.
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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 focus must always be on how to best accomplish the mission.
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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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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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Get after it.
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leadership is the single greatest factor in any team’s performance.
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Calm but not robotic, logical but not devoid of emotions.
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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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Although discipline demands control and asceticism, it actually results in freedom. When you have the discipline to get up early, you are rewarded with more free time.
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Remember: the enemy gets a vote.
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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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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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