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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The leader must own everything in his or her world.
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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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I can remember many times when my boat crew struggled. It was easy to make excuses for our team’s performance and why it wasn’t what it should have been. But I learned that good leaders don’t make excuses. Instead, they figure out a way to get it done and win.
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Leaders must accept total responsibility, own problems that inhibit performance, and develop solutions to those problems.
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Good leaders are rare; bad leaders are common.
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A good leader has nothing to prove, but everything to prove.
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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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Decisively engaged?
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When it comes to standards, as a leader, it’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.
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Cover and Move, Simple, Prioritize and Execute, and Decentralized Command.
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As a leader, you have to balance the dichotomy, to be resolute where it matters but never inflexible and uncompromising on matters of little importance to the overall good of the team and the strategic mission.
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And the more you build your will by doing hard things, the stronger your will becomes.
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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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Repetitive exceptional performance became a habit.
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Don’t fight stress. Embrace it. Turn it on itself. Use it to make yourself sharper and more alert. Use it to make you think and learn and get better and smarter and more effective. Use the stress to make you a better you.
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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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The infamous they.
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