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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

Jocko Willink

Instead of letting the situation dictate our decisions, we must dictate the situation.
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Control Decision Ourselves
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
Extreme Ownership. Leaders must own everything in their world. There is no one else to blame.
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Blame Leadership World
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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Control Discipline Freedom Result Time
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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Direction Leader Problem Struggle
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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Discipline Expectation Motivational
When it comes to standards, as a leader, it’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.
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Leadership Philosophy Tolerance
Decisively engaged?
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Decision Marriage
For this reason, they must believe in the cause for which they are fighting.
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Believe Fight Inspirational Reason
Relax. Look around. Make a call.
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Action Breathe Inspirational See
After all, there can be no leadership where there is no team.
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Leadership Team
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
You have to BE VIGILANT. You have to be ON GUARD. You have to HOLD THE LINE on the seemingly insignificant little things— things that shouldn’t matter—but that do.
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Importance Worth Yourself
Good leaders don’t make excuses.
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Goodness Leadership One Liner
The U.S. Navy SEAL Teams were at the forefront of this leadership transformation, emerging from the triumphs and tragedies of war with a crystallized understanding of what it takes to succeed in the most challenging environments that combat presents.
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Challenge Leadership Present Success Team Tragedy Transformation Understand War Win
Our egos don’t like to take blame.
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Blame Ourselves

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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