And the more you build your will by doing hard things, the stronger your will becomes.
JOCKO WILLINKIt’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.
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More than a decade of continuous war and tough combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan gave birth to a new generation of leaders in the ranks of America’s fighting forces.
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Most important of all, he believed winning was possible.
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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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The leader must own everything in his or her world.
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Leaders must always operate with the understanding that they are part of something greater than themselves and their own personal interests.
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Faster. Stronger. Smarter. More humble. Less ego.
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But, in fact, discipline is the pathway to freedom.
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The infamous they.
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Motivation is fickle. It comes and goes.
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His realistic assessment, acknowledgment of failure, and ownership of the problem were key to developing a plan to improve performance and ultimately win.
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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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Good leaders are rare; bad leaders are common.
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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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A mission statement tells your troops what you are doing.
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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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