Take care of your gear and your gear will take care of you.
JOCKO WILLINKThe 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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Such concepts are simple, but not easy,
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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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The leader must own everything in his or her world.
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Good leaders don’t make excuses.
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It’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.
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Extreme Ownership. Leaders must own everything in their world. There is no one else to blame.
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Leadership is simple, but not easy.
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The Warrior Kid treats people with respect, doesn’t judge them.
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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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Departments and groups within the team must break down silos, depend on each other and understand who depends on them.
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Remember: the enemy gets a vote.
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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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Remember to keep your ego in check. Don’t judge people.
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If we could execute with a monumental effort just to reach an immediate goal that everyone could see, we could then continue to the next visually.
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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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The most fundamental and important truths at the heart of Extreme Ownership: there are no bad teams, only bad leaders.
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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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There is no easy way.
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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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A good leader has nothing to prove, but everything to prove.
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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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Faster. Stronger. Smarter. More humble. Less ego.
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So how can a leader become great if they lack the natural characteristics necessary to lead? The answer is simple: a good leader builds a great team that counterbalances their weaknesses.
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Most important of all, he believed winning was possible.
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Establishing an effective and repeatable planning process is critical to the success of any team.
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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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