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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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Repetitive exceptional performance became a habit.
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Performance
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
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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Best Decision Failure Leadership Possible Team
Our egos don’t like to take blame.
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Blame Ourselves
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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Development Failure Himself Improvement Problem Win
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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Leadership Person Team Togetherness
Even the most competent of leaders can be overwhelmed if they try to tackle multiple problems or a number of tasks simultaneously.
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Leadership Problem Try
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 one else to blame. The leader must acknowledge mistakes and admit failures, take ownership of them, and develop a plan to win.
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Blame Development Failure Leadership Mistake Oneself Win
Extreme Ownership. Leaders must own everything in their world. There is no one else to blame.
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Blame Leadership World
Calm but not robotic, logical but not devoid of emotions.
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Emotional Logic Technology
Although discipline demands control and asceticism, it actually results in freedom. When you have the discipline to get up early, you are rewarded with more free time.
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Control Discipline Freedom Result Time
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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Importance Worth Yourself
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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Accomplishment Greatness Support Team Togetherness
The Warrior Kid treats people with respect, doesn’t judge them.
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Judgement People Respect Warrior
Get after it.
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Inspirational One Liner

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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