Leadership is simple, but not easy.
JOCKO WILLINKThe best leaders are not driven by ego or personal agendas.
More Jocko Willink Quotes
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A mission statement tells your troops what you are doing.
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Don’t try to plan for every contingency. Doing so will only overburden you and weigh you down so that you cannot quickly maneuver.
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Get after it.
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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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That’s it. When things are going bad: Don’t get all bummed out, don’t get startled, don’t get frustrated. No. Just look at the issue and say: Good.
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The test for a successful brief is simple: Do the team and the supporting elements understand it?
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Plans and orders must be communicated in a manner that is simple, clear, and concise. Everyone
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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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Faster. Stronger. Smarter. More humble. Less ego.
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When it comes to standards, as a leader, it’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.
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People do not follow robots.
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Establishing an effective and repeatable planning process is critical to the success of any team.
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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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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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Relax. Look around. Make a call.
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