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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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Waiting for the 100 percent right and certain solution leads to delay, indecision, and an inability to execute.
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Get after it.
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Inspirational One Liner
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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Blame Development Failure Leadership Mistake Oneself Win
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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Effort Goal See
Extreme Ownership. Leaders must own everything in their world. There is no one else to blame.
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Blame Leadership World
Instead of letting the situation dictate our decisions, we must dictate the situation.
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Control Decision Ourselves
Most important of all, he believed winning was possible.
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Believe Himself Important Possible Win
A mission statement tells your troops what you are doing.
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Team Yourself
The focus must always be on how to best accomplish the mission.
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Accomplishment Best Focus
As a leader, it is up to you to explain the bigger picture to him—and to all your front line leaders. That is a critical component of leadership
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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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Acceptance Expectation Leadership Tolerance
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
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
Remember: the enemy gets a vote.
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Democracy Enemy Remember
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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Greatness Leadership Team
Leaders must always operate with the understanding that they are part of something greater than themselves and their own personal interests.
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Greatness Leadership Understand

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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