Leaders must accept total responsibility, own problems that inhibit performance, and develop solutions to those problems.
JOCKO WILLINKAfter all, there can be no leadership where there is no team.
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Calm but not robotic, logical but not devoid of emotions.
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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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Don’t ask your leader what you should do, tell them what you are going to do.
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Is this what I want to be? This? Is this all I’ve got—is this everything I can give? Is this going to be my life? Do I accept that?
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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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Take care of your gear and your gear will take care of you.
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Such concepts are simple, but not easy,
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The best leaders are not driven by ego or personal agendas.
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For leaders, the humility to admit and own mistakes and develop a plan to overcome them is essential to success. The best leaders are not driven by ego or personal agendas. They are simply focused on the mission and how best to accomplish it.
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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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Generally, when a leader struggles, the root cause behind the problem is that the leader has leaned too far in one direction and steered off course. Awareness.
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Good leaders don’t make excuses.
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Good leaders are rare; bad leaders are common.
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A leader must lead but also be ready to follow. Sometimes, another member of the team—perhaps a subordinate or direct report—might be in a better position to develop a plan, make a decision, or lead through a specific situation.
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People do not follow robots.
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