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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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When it comes to standards, as a leader, it’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.
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Leadership Philosophy Tolerance
Departments and groups within the team must break down silos, depend on each other and understand who depends on them.
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Break Independent Team Understand
The best leaders are not driven by ego or personal agendas.
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Leadership Virtue
A leader must lead but also be ready to follow. Sometimes, another member of the team—perhaps a subordinate or direct report—might be in a better position to develop a plan, make a decision, or lead through a specific situation.
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Decision Development Leadership Team
Leadership requires finding the equilibrium in the dichotomy of many seemingly contradictory qualities, between one extreme and another.
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Leadership Quality
Take care of your gear and your gear will take care of you.
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Care Material
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
Remember to keep your ego in check. Don’t judge people.
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Judgement People Remember Yourself
People do not follow robots.
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People Technology
As a leader, you have to balance the dichotomy, to be resolute where it matters but never inflexible and uncompromising on matters of little importance to the overall good of the team and the strategic mission.
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Goodness Importance Leadership Team
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
The test for a successful brief is simple: Do the team and the supporting elements understand it?
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Success Team Understand
There is no growth in the comfort zone.
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Comfortable Growth One Liner
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
Remember: the enemy gets a vote.
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Democracy Enemy Remember
There are no bad units, only bad officers. This captures the essence of what Extreme Ownership is all about.
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Bad Control Politics

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