For this reason, they must believe in the cause for which they are fighting.
JOCKO WILLINKAs 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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Departments and groups within the team must break down silos, depend on each other and understand who depends on them.
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Motivation is fickle. It comes and goes.
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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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Plans and orders must be communicated in a manner that is simple, clear, and concise. Everyone
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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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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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The greatest of these was the recognition that leadership is the most important factor on the battlefield, the single greatest reason behind the success of any team.
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Trust is not blindly given. It must be built over time.
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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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Remember: the enemy gets a vote.
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Don’t let your mind control you. Control your mind.
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The infamous they.
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Discipline equals freedom.
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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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A good leader has nothing to prove, but everything to prove.
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But, in fact, discipline is the pathway to freedom.
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Staying ahead of the curve prevents a leader from being overwhelmed when pressure is applied and enables greater decisiveness.
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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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All elements within the greater team are crucial and must work together to accomplish the mission, mutually supporting one another for that singular purpose.
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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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To not move around, observe, and analyze, in order to make the best decisions possible, was to fail as a leader and fail the team.
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The goal of leadership seems simple: to get people to do what they need to do to support the mission and the team.
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A good leader does not get bogged down in the minutia of a tactical problem at the expense of strategic success.
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That’s it. When things are going bad: Don’t get all bummed out, don’t get startled, don’t get frustrated. No. Just look at the issue and say: Good.
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Instead of letting the situation dictate our decisions, we must dictate the situation.
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Faster. Stronger. Smarter. More humble. Less ego.
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