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leadership is the single greatest factor in any team’s performance.

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Our freedom to operate and maneuver had increased substantially through disciplined procedures. Discipline equals freedom.
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Discipline Equality Freedom Ourselves
The most fundamental and important truths at the heart of Extreme Ownership: there are no bad teams, only bad leaders.
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Bad Fundamental Heart Important Leadership Team Truth
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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Leadership Person Team Togetherness
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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Accomplishment Believe Inspirational Leadership True
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
Staying ahead of the curve prevents a leader from being overwhelmed when pressure is applied and enables greater decisiveness.
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Decision Force Greatness Leadership Stay
But we can’t ever think we are too good to fail or that our enemies are not capable, deadly, and eager to exploit our weaknesses. We must never get complacent. This is where controlling the ego is most important.
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Control Enemy Failure Goodness Important Thinking
Most important of all, he believed winning was possible.
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Believe Himself Important Possible Win
A good leader has nothing to prove, but everything to prove.
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Deep Goodness Leadership
Instead of letting the situation dictate our decisions, we must dictate the situation.
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Control Decision Ourselves
Cover and Move, Simple, Prioritize and Execute, and Decentralized Command.
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Act Simplicity
If mistakes happen, effective leaders don’t place blame on others. They take ownership of the mistakes, determine what went wrong, develop solutions to correct those mistakes and prevent them from happening again as they move forward.
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Development Leadership Mistake Wrong
The Warrior Kid treats people with respect, doesn’t judge them.
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Judgement People Respect Warrior
Discipline equals freedom.
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Discipline Equality Freedom One Liner
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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Explanation Leadership Photograpgh
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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Myself Reputation Responsibility Right Time

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