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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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People do not follow robots.
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People Technology
Good leaders don’t make excuses.
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Goodness Leadership One Liner
All animals, including humans, need to see the connection between action and consequence in order to learn or react appropriately.
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Action Animal Connection Human Learning
Leadership is simple, but not easy.
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Easy Leadership Simplicity
Establishing an effective and repeatable planning process is critical to the success of any team.
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Establishment Planning Success Team
Relax. Look around. Make a call.
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Action Breathe Inspirational See
Instead of letting the situation dictate our decisions, we must dictate the situation.
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Control Decision Ourselves
For leaders, the humility to admit and own mistakes and develop a plan to overcome them is essential to success. The best leaders are not driven by ego or personal agendas. They are simply focused on the mission and how best to accomplish it.
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Accomplishment Development Focus Humility Leadership Mistake Simplicity
If mistakes happen, effective leaders don’t place blame on others. They take ownership of the mistakes, determine what went wrong, develop solutions to correct those mistakes and prevent them from happening again as they move forward.
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Development Leadership Mistake Wrong
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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Leadership Person Team Togetherness
Our freedom to operate and maneuver had increased substantially through disciplined procedures. Discipline equals freedom.
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Discipline Equality Freedom Ourselves
When it comes to standards, as a leader, it’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate. When setting expectations, no matter what has been said or written, if substandard performance is accepted and no one is held accountable.
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Acceptance Expectation Leadership Tolerance
Faster. Stronger. Smarter. More humble. Less ego.
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Humble Instagram Captions Strong
For this reason, they must believe in the cause for which they are fighting.
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Believe Fight Inspirational Reason
The focus must always be on how to best accomplish the mission.
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Accomplishment Best Focus
A good leader has nothing to prove, but everything to prove.
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Deep Goodness Leadership

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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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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