There is no growth in the comfort zone.
JOCKO WILLINKThe focus must always be on how to best accomplish the mission.
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Leadership isn’t one person leading a team. It is a group of leaders working together, up and down the chain of command, to lead.
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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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Good leaders are rare; bad leaders are common.
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Cover and Move, Simple, Prioritize and Execute, and Decentralized Command.
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Relax. Look around. Make a call.
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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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Don’t ask your leader what you should do, tell them what you are going to do.
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Faster. Stronger. Smarter. More humble. Less ego.
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After all, there can be no leadership where there is no team.
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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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There are no bad units, only bad officers. This captures the essence of what Extreme Ownership is all about.
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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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Whether on the battlefield or in the business world, leaders must be comfortable accepting some level of risk.
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The best leaders are not driven by ego or personal agendas.
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