Take care of your gear and your gear will take care of you.
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More Jocko Willink Quotes
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All animals, including humans, need to see the connection between action and consequence in order to learn or react appropriately.
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People do not follow robots.
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Repetitive exceptional performance became a habit.
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The best leaders are not driven by ego or personal agendas.
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The leader must own everything in his or her world.
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So how can a leader become great if they lack the natural characteristics necessary to lead? The answer is simple: a good leader builds a great team that counterbalances their weaknesses.
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And the more you build your will by doing hard things, the stronger your will becomes.
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Cover and Move, Simple, Prioritize and Execute, and Decentralized Command.
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We wrote this so that the leadership lessons can continue to impact teams beyond the battlefield in all leadership situations—any company, team, or organization in which a group of people strives to achieve a goal and accomplish a mission.
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Don’t expect to be motivated every day to get out there and make things happen. You won’t be. Don’t count on motivation. Count on Discipline.
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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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Leaders must accept total responsibility, own problems that inhibit performance, and develop solutions to those problems.
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Extreme Ownership. Leaders must own everything in their world. There is no one else to blame.
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As a leader, you have to balance the dichotomy, to be resolute where it matters but never inflexible and uncompromising on matters of little importance to the overall good of the team and the strategic mission.
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There are no bad units, only bad officers. This captures the essence of what Extreme Ownership is all about.
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