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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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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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Accomplishment Greatness Support Team Togetherness
Cover and Move, Simple, Prioritize and Execute, and Decentralized Command.
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Act Simplicity
leadership is the single greatest factor in any team’s performance.
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Leadership Team
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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Born Fight Force Leadership Tough War
His realistic assessment, acknowledgment of failure, and ownership of the problem were key to developing a plan to improve performance and ultimately win.
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Development Failure Himself Improvement Problem Win
The focus must always be on how to best accomplish the mission.
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Accomplishment Best Focus
There is only hard work, late nights, early mornings, practice, rehearsal, repetition, study, sweat, blood, toil, frustration, and discipline.
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Discipline Inspirational Morning Night Practice Success
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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Goodness Leadership Problem Success
It’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.
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Deep Tolerance Yourself
Most important of all, he believed winning was possible.
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Believe Himself Important Possible Win
Decisively engaged?
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Decision Marriage
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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Acceptance Generosity Life Myself Philosophy
Our egos don’t like to take blame.
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Blame Ourselves
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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Achievement Belief Leadership Learning Perseverance Possible Victory
As a leader, it is up to you to explain the bigger picture to him—and to all your front line leaders. That is a critical component of leadership
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Explanation Leadership Photograpgh
Faster. Stronger. Smarter. More humble. Less ego.
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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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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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