Such concepts are simple, but not easy,
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If 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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Such concepts are simple, but not easy,
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A mission statement tells your troops what you are doing.
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Leadership requires finding the equilibrium in the dichotomy of many seemingly contradictory qualities, between one extreme and another.
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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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The most fundamental and important truths at the heart of Extreme Ownership: there are no bad teams, only bad leaders.
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There is only hard work, late nights, early mornings, practice, rehearsal, repetition, study, sweat, blood, toil, frustration, and discipline.
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Waiting for the 100 percent right and certain solution leads to delay, indecision, and an inability to execute.
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Good leaders don’t make excuses.
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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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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.
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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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If 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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The test for a successful brief is simple: Do the team and the supporting elements understand it?
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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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When it comes to standards, as a leader, it’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate. When setting expectations, no matter what has been said or written, if substandard performance is accepted and no one is held accountable.
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Relax. Look around. Make a call.
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