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Don’t ask your leader what you should do, tell them what you are going to do.

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For this reason, they must believe in the cause for which they are fighting.
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Believe Fight Inspirational Reason
Most important of all, he believed winning was possible.
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Believe Himself Important Possible Win
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
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
Extreme Ownership. Leaders must own everything in their world. There is no one else to blame.
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Blame Leadership World
Get after it.
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Inspirational One Liner
When it comes to standards, as a leader, it’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.
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Leadership Philosophy Tolerance
Trust is not blindly given. It must be built over time.
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Time Trust
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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Direction Leader Problem Struggle
leadership is the single greatest factor in any team’s performance.
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Leadership Team
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
Don’t try to plan for every contingency. Doing so will only overburden you and weigh you down so that you cannot quickly maneuver.
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Quick Try Willing Yourself
It’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.
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Deep Tolerance Yourself
Departments and groups within the team must break down silos, depend on each other and understand who depends on them.
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Break Independent Team Understand
Take care of your gear and your gear will take care of you.
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Care Material
A leader must lead but also be ready to follow. Sometimes, another member of the team—perhaps a subordinate or direct report—might be in a better position to develop a plan, make a decision, or lead through a specific situation.
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Decision Development Leadership Team

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