Leaders must always operate with the understanding that they are part of something greater than themselves and their own personal interests.
JOCKO WILLINKMore 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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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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Don’t fight stress. Embrace it. Turn it on itself. Use it to make yourself sharper and more alert. Use it to make you think and learn and get better and smarter and more effective. Use the stress to make you a better you.
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Good leaders don’t make excuses.
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If the plan is simple enough, everyone understands it, which means each person can rapidly adjust and modify what he or she is doing. If the plan is too complex, the team can’t make rapid adjustments to it, because there is no baseline understanding of it.
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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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Establishing an effective and repeatable planning process is critical to the success of any team.
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Staying ahead of the curve prevents a leader from being overwhelmed when pressure is applied and enables greater decisiveness.
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Such concepts are simple, but not easy,
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Stop researching every aspect of it and reading all about it and debating the pros and cons of it, Start doing it.
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Leaders must accept total responsibility, own problems that inhibit performance, and develop solutions to those problems.
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After all, there can be no leadership where there is no team.
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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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Get after it.
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There is no growth in the comfort zone.
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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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