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You have to BE VIGILANT. You have to be ON GUARD. You have to HOLD THE LINE on the seemingly insignificant little things— things that shouldn’t matter—but that do.

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In the SEAL Teams, the bond of our brotherhood is our strongest weapon. If you take that away from us, we lose our most important quality as a team.
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Important Lose Quality Relationship Strong Team Weapon
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
Remember to keep your ego in check. Don’t judge people.
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Judgement People Remember Yourself
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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Goodness Leadership Learning Myself Remember Struggle Time Win
That’s it. When things are going bad: Don’t get all bummed out, don’t get startled, don’t get frustrated. No. Just look at the issue and say: Good.
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Bad Goodness Issue
Leadership is simple, but not easy.
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Easy Leadership Simplicity
The test for a successful brief is simple: Do the team and the supporting elements understand it?
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Success Team Understand
For this reason, they must believe in the cause for which they are fighting.
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Believe Fight Inspirational Reason
There is no growth in the comfort zone.
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Comfortable Growth One Liner
Extreme Ownership. Leaders must own everything in their world. There is no one else to blame.
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Blame Leadership World
A leader must lead but also be ready to follow. Sometimes, another member of the team—perhaps a subordinate or direct report—might be in a better position to develop a plan, make a decision, or lead through a specific situation.
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Decision Development Leadership Team
Don’t let your mind control you. Control your mind.
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Control Inspirational Mindset Yourself
Motivation is fickle. It comes and goes.
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Motivational One Liner
Our egos don’t like to take blame.
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Blame Ourselves
Stop researching every aspect of it and reading all about it and debating the pros and cons of it, Start doing it.
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Reading Start
The focus must always be on how to best accomplish the mission.
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Accomplishment Best Focus

You have to BE VIGILANT. You have to be ON GUARD. You have to HOLD THE LINE on the seemingly insignificant little things— things that shouldn’t matter—but that do.

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You have to BE VIGILANT. You have to be ON GUARD. You have to HOLD THE LINE on the seemingly insignificant little things— things that shouldn’t matter—but that do.

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