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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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Take care of your gear and your gear will take care of you.
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Care Material
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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Goodness Leadership Problem Success
Establishing an effective and repeatable planning process is critical to the success of any team.
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Establishment Planning Success Team
Leadership requires finding the equilibrium in the dichotomy of many seemingly contradictory qualities, between one extreme and another.
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Leadership Quality
There is no growth in the comfort zone.
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Comfortable Growth One Liner
Remember: the enemy gets a vote.
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Democracy Enemy Remember
Relax. Look around. Make a call.
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Action Breathe Inspirational See
All animals, including humans, need to see the connection between action and consequence in order to learn or react appropriately.
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Action Animal Connection Human Learning
Cover and Move, Simple, Prioritize and Execute, and Decentralized Command.
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Act Simplicity
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
Don’t let your mind control you. Control your mind.
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Control Inspirational Mindset Yourself
There are no bad units, only bad officers. This captures the essence of what Extreme Ownership is all about.
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Bad Control Politics
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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Development Leadership Mistake Wrong
Leaders must accept total responsibility, own problems that inhibit performance, and develop solutions to those problems.
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Acceptance Development Leadership Problem Responsibility
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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Effort Goal See
Such concepts are simple, but not easy,
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Easy Simplicity

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