The only meaningful measure for a leader is whether the team succeeds or fails.
JOCKO WILLINKFaster. Stronger. Smarter. More humble. Less ego.
More Jocko Willink Quotes
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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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The test for a successful brief is simple: Do the team and the supporting elements understand it?
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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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Instead of letting the situation dictate our decisions, we must dictate the situation.
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It’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.
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Leaders must accept total responsibility, own problems that inhibit performance, and develop solutions to those problems.
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As a leader, it is up to you to explain the bigger picture to him—and to all your front line leaders. That is a critical component of leadership
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Take care of your gear and your gear will take care of you.
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Faster. Stronger. Smarter. More humble. Less ego.
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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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There is only hard work, late nights, early mornings, practice, rehearsal, repetition, study, sweat, blood, toil, frustration, and discipline.
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The leader must own everything in his or her world.
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There is no growth in the comfort zone.
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Don’t fight stress. Embrace it. Turn it on itself. Use it to make yourself sharper and more alert. Use it to make you think and learn and get better and smarter and more effective. Use the stress to make you a better you.
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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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