Whether on the battlefield or in the business world, leaders must be comfortable accepting some level of risk.
JOCKO WILLINKThe best leaders are not driven by ego or personal agendas.
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And the more you build your will by doing hard things, the stronger your will becomes.
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Good leaders are rare; bad leaders are common.
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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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There is no growth in the comfort zone.
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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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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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There are no bad units, only bad officers. This captures the essence of what Extreme Ownership is all about.
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Leadership requires finding the equilibrium in the dichotomy of many seemingly contradictory qualities, between one extreme and another.
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There is no one else to blame. The leader must acknowledge mistakes and admit failures, take ownership of them, and develop a plan to win.
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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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Faster. Stronger. Smarter. More humble. Less ego.
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The Warrior Kid treats people with respect, doesn’t judge them.
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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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Trust is not blindly given. It must be built over time.
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The greatest of these was the recognition that leadership is the most important factor on the battlefield, the single greatest reason behind the success of any team.
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