The leader must own everything in his or her world.
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.
More Jocko Willink Quotes
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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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The Warrior Kid treats people with respect, doesn’t judge them.
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There is no easy way.
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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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Establishing an effective and repeatable planning process is critical to the success of any team.
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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.
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Calm but not robotic, logical but not devoid of emotions.
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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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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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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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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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Departments and groups within the team must break down silos, depend on each other and understand who depends on them.
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There are no bad units, only bad officers. This captures the essence of what Extreme Ownership is all about.
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As a leader, it is up to you to explain the bigger picture to him—and to all your front line leaders. That is a critical component of leadership
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A good leader has nothing to prove, but everything to prove.
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