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For this reason, they must believe in the cause for which they are fighting.

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We learned that leadership requires belief in the mission and unyielding perseverance to achieve victory, particularly when doubters question whether victory is even possible.
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Achievement Belief Leadership Learning Perseverance Possible Victory
Waiting for the 100 percent right and certain solution leads to delay, indecision, and an inability to execute.
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Ability Action Decision Right Wait
Is this what I want to be? This? Is this all I’ve got—is this everything I can give? Is this going to be my life? Do I accept that?
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Acceptance Generosity Life Myself Philosophy
The Warrior Kid treats people with respect, doesn’t judge them.
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Judgement People Respect Warrior
Once people stop making excuses, stop blaming others, and take ownership of everything in their lives, they are compelled to take action to solve their problems.
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Action Blame Live People Problem
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
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
After all, there can be no leadership where there is no team.
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Leadership Team
Don’t ask your leader what you should do, tell them what you are going to do.
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Future Leadership Yourself
Trust is not blindly given. It must be built over time.
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Time Trust
The only meaningful measure for a leader is whether the team succeeds or fails.
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Failure Success Team
The most impressive thing about this improvement in performance was that it did not come from a major process change or an advance in technology. Instead, it came through a leadership principle that has been around for ages: Simple.
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Age Change Improvement Leadership Simplicity Technology
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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Goodness Leadership Problem Success
The best leaders are not driven by ego or personal agendas.
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Leadership Virtue
Plans and orders must be communicated in a manner that is simple, clear, and concise. Everyone
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Planning Simplicity
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

For this reason, they must believe in the cause for which they are fighting.

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