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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For this reason, they must believe in the cause for which they are fighting.
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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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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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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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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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leadership is the single greatest factor in any team’s performance.
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Motivation is fickle. It comes and goes.
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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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The Warrior Kid treats people with respect, doesn’t judge them.
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Our freedom to operate and maneuver had increased substantially through disciplined procedures. Discipline equals freedom.
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Our egos don’t like to take blame.
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But we can’t ever think we are too good to fail or that our enemies are not capable, deadly, and eager to exploit our weaknesses. We must never get complacent. This is where controlling the ego is most important.
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Calm but not robotic, logical but not devoid of emotions.
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Don’t let your mind control you. Control your mind.
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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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In order to convince and inspire others to follow and accomplish a mission, a leader must be a true believer in the mission.
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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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Good leaders are rare; bad leaders are common.
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A leader must care about the troops, but at the same time the leader must complete the mission, and in doing so there will be risk and sometimes unavoidable consequences to the troops.
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If we could execute with a monumental effort just to reach an immediate goal that everyone could see, we could then continue to the next visually.
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Remember to keep your ego in check. Don’t judge people.
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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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The test for a successful brief is simple: Do the team and the supporting elements understand it?
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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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Decisively engaged?
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The leader must own everything in his or her world.
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