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I had to take ownership of everything that went wrong. Despite the tremendous blow to my reputation and to my ego, it was the right thing to do—the only thing to do. I

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Repetitive exceptional performance became a habit.
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Performance
There is no growth in the comfort zone.
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Comfortable Growth One Liner
The only meaningful measure for a leader is whether the team succeeds or fails.
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Failure Success Team
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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Discipline Expectation Motivational
The focus must always be on how to best accomplish the mission.
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Accomplishment Best Focus
Trust is not blindly given. It must be built over time.
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Time Trust
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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Quick Try Willing Yourself
Extreme Ownership. Leaders must own everything in their world. There is no one else to blame.
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Blame Leadership World
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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Important Lose Quality Relationship Strong Team Weapon
So how can a leader become great if they lack the natural characteristics necessary to lead? The answer is simple: a good leader builds a great team that counterbalances their weaknesses.
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Greatness Leadership Necessary Simplicity Team Weakness
I can remember many times when my boat crew struggled. It was easy to make excuses for our team’s performance and why it wasn’t what it should have been. But I learned that good leaders don’t make excuses. Instead, they figure out a way to get it done and win.
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Goodness Leadership Learning Myself Remember Struggle Time Win
The infamous they.
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Famous One Liner
Whether on the battlefield or in the business world, leaders must be comfortable accepting some level of risk.
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Business Comfortable Leadership Risk Understand War World
It’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.
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Deep Tolerance Yourself
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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Direction Leader Problem Struggle
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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Accomplishment Believe Inspirational Leadership True

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