Generally, when a leader struggles, the root cause behind the problem is that the leader has leaned too far in one direction and steered off course. Awareness.
JOCKO WILLINKIf the plan is simple enough, everyone understands it, which means each person can rapidly adjust and modify what he or she is doing. If the plan is too complex, the team can’t make rapid adjustments to it, because there is no baseline understanding of it.
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A leader must care about the troops, but at the same time the leader must complete the mission, and in doing so there will be risk and sometimes unavoidable consequences to the troops.
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Leadership is simple, but not easy.
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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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For leaders, the humility to admit and own mistakes and develop a plan to overcome them is essential to success. The best leaders are not driven by ego or personal agendas. They are simply focused on the mission and how best to accomplish it.
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Our egos don’t like to take blame.
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The 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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It’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.
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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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Whether on the battlefield or in the business world, leaders must be comfortable accepting some level of risk.
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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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When it comes to standards, as a leader, it’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.
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The infamous they.
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A good leader has nothing to prove, but everything to prove.
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Don’t let your mind control you. Control your mind.
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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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