The most fundamental and important truths at the heart of Extreme Ownership: there are no bad teams, only bad leaders.
JOCKO WILLINKRemember to keep your ego in check. Don’t judge people.
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The best leaders are not driven by ego or personal agendas.
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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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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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Discipline equals freedom.
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Good leaders are rare; bad leaders are common.
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Faster. Stronger. Smarter. More humble. Less ego.
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All animals, including humans, need to see the connection between action and consequence in order to learn or react appropriately.
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Cover and Move, Simple, Prioritize and Execute, and Decentralized Command.
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Most important of all, he believed winning was possible.
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To not move around, observe, and analyze, in order to make the best decisions possible, was to fail as a leader and fail the team.
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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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All elements within the greater team are crucial and must work together to accomplish the mission, mutually supporting one another for that singular purpose.
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But we can’t ever think we are too good to fail or that our enemies are not capable, deadly, and eager to exploit our weaknesses. We must never get complacent. This is where controlling the ego is most important.
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Our egos don’t like to take blame.
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The leader must own everything in his or her world.
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