Although discipline demands control and asceticism, it actually results in freedom. When you have the discipline to get up early, you are rewarded with more free time.
JOCKO WILLINKMost important of all, he believed winning was possible.
More Jocko Willink Quotes
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The goal of leadership seems simple: to get people to do what they need to do to support the mission and the team.
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And the more you build your will by doing hard things, the stronger your will becomes.
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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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For this reason, they must believe in the cause for which they are fighting.
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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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That’s it. When things are going bad: Don’t get all bummed out, don’t get startled, don’t get frustrated. No. Just look at the issue and say: Good.
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Faster. Stronger. Smarter. More humble. Less ego.
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The leader must own everything in his or her world.
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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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Most important of all, he believed winning was possible.
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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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Our egos don’t like to take blame.
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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 is only hard work, late nights, early mornings, practice, rehearsal, repetition, study, sweat, blood, toil, frustration, and discipline.
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The best leaders are not driven by ego or personal agendas.
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