When it comes to standards, as a leader, it’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.
JOCKO WILLINKOnce people stop making excuses, stop blaming others, and take ownership of everything in their lives, they are compelled to take action to solve their problems.
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We wrote this so that the leadership lessons can continue to impact teams beyond the battlefield in all leadership situations—any company, team, or organization in which a group of people strives to achieve a goal and accomplish a mission.
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A mission statement tells your troops what you are doing.
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The test for a successful brief is simple: Do the team and the supporting elements understand it?
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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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Good leaders don’t make excuses.
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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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Remember: the enemy gets a vote.
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But, in fact, discipline is the pathway to freedom.
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Extreme Ownership. Leaders must own everything in their world. There is no one else to blame.
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Our egos don’t like to take blame.
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The only meaningful measure for a leader is whether the team succeeds or fails.
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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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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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Even the most competent of leaders can be overwhelmed if they try to tackle multiple problems or a number of tasks simultaneously.
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The most fundamental and important truths at the heart of Extreme Ownership: there are no bad teams, only bad leaders.
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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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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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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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There is no growth in the comfort zone.
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Whether on the battlefield or in the business world, leaders must be comfortable accepting some level of risk.
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All animals, including humans, need to see the connection between action and consequence in order to learn or react appropriately.
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Leadership requires finding the equilibrium in the dichotomy of many seemingly contradictory qualities, between one extreme and another.
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In the business world, and in life, there are inherent complexities. It is critical to keep plans and communication simple.
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Don’t ask your leader what you should do, tell them what you are going to do.
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A leader must care about the troops, but at the same time the leader must complete the mission, and in doing so there will be risk and sometimes unavoidable consequences to the troops.
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Once people stop making excuses, stop blaming others, and take ownership of everything in their lives, they are compelled to take action to solve their problems.
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