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Leadership isn’t one person leading a team. It is a group of leaders working together, up and down the chain of command, to lead.

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Trust is not blindly given. It must be built over time.
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Time Trust
Take care of your gear and your gear will take care of you.
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Care Material
Instead of letting the situation dictate our decisions, we must dictate the situation.
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Control Decision Ourselves
Leaders must accept total responsibility, own problems that inhibit performance, and develop solutions to those problems.
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Acceptance Development Leadership Problem Responsibility
So how can a leader become great if they lack the natural characteristics necessary to lead? The answer is simple: a good leader builds a great team that counterbalances their weaknesses.
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Greatness Leadership Necessary Simplicity Team Weakness
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
A mission statement tells your troops what you are doing.
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Team Yourself
To not move around, observe, and analyze, in order to make the best decisions possible, was to fail as a leader and fail the team.
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Best Decision Failure Leadership Possible Team
Leadership is simple, but not easy.
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Easy Leadership Simplicity
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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Discipline Expectation Motivational
Such concepts are simple, but not easy,
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Easy Simplicity
Faster. Stronger. Smarter. More humble. Less ego.
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Humble Instagram Captions Strong
Our freedom to operate and maneuver had increased substantially through disciplined procedures. Discipline equals freedom.
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Discipline Equality Freedom 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
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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Direction Leader Problem Struggle
Good leaders don’t make excuses.
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Goodness Leadership One Liner

Leadership isn’t one person leading a team. It is a group of leaders working together, up and down the chain of command, to lead.

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