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Waiting for the 100 percent right and certain solution leads to delay, indecision, and an inability to execute.

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Remember to keep your ego in check. Don’t judge people.
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Judgement People Remember Yourself
Plans and orders must be communicated in a manner that is simple, clear, and concise. Everyone
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Planning Simplicity
A leader must care about the troops, but at the same time the leader must complete the mission, and in doing so there will be risk and sometimes unavoidable consequences to the troops.
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Care Leadership Risk Time
The best leaders are not driven by ego or personal agendas.
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Leadership Virtue
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
There are no bad units, only bad officers. This captures the essence of what Extreme Ownership is all about.
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Bad Control Politics
The Warrior Kid treats people with respect, doesn’t judge them.
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Judgement People Respect Warrior
All animals, including humans, need to see the connection between action and consequence in order to learn or react appropriately.
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Action Animal Connection Human Learning
Most important of all, he believed winning was possible.
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Believe Himself Important Possible Win
After all, there can be no leadership where there is no team.
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Leadership Team
Relax. Look around. Make a call.
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Action Breathe Inspirational See
leadership is the single greatest factor in any team’s performance.
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Leadership Team
Leaders must accept total responsibility, own problems that inhibit performance, and develop solutions to those problems.
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Acceptance Development Leadership Problem Responsibility
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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Greatness Leadership Team
Instead of letting the situation dictate our decisions, we must dictate the situation.
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Control Decision Ourselves
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

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