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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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Control Enemy Failure Goodness Important Thinking
Plans and orders must be communicated in a manner that is simple, clear, and concise. Everyone
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Planning Simplicity
When it comes to standards, as a leader, it’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate. When setting expectations, no matter what has been said or written, if substandard performance is accepted and no one is held accountable.
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Acceptance Expectation Leadership Tolerance
Our freedom to operate and maneuver had increased substantially through disciplined procedures. Discipline equals freedom.
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Discipline Equality Freedom Ourselves
Most important of all, he believed winning was possible.
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Believe Himself Important Possible Win
For this reason, they must believe in the cause for which they are fighting.
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Believe Fight Inspirational Reason
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
Stop researching every aspect of it and reading all about it and debating the pros and cons of it, Start doing it.
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Reading Start
After all, there can be no leadership where there is no team.
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Leadership Team
Repetitive exceptional performance became a habit.
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Performance
Remember: the enemy gets a vote.
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Democracy Enemy Remember
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
The only meaningful measure for a leader is whether the team succeeds or fails.
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Failure Success Team
Waiting for the 100 percent right and certain solution leads to delay, indecision, and an inability to execute.
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Ability Action Decision Right Wait
There is only hard work, late nights, early mornings, practice, rehearsal, repetition, study, sweat, blood, toil, frustration, and discipline.
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Discipline Inspirational Morning Night Practice Success
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

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