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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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Faster. Stronger. Smarter. More humble. Less ego.
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Humble Instagram Captions Strong
A mission statement tells your troops what you are doing.
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Team Yourself
Remember: the enemy gets a vote.
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Democracy Enemy Remember
I had to take ownership of everything that went wrong. Despite the tremendous blow to my reputation and to my ego, it was the right thing to do—the only thing to do. I
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Myself Reputation Responsibility Right Time
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
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
Such concepts are simple, but not easy,
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Easy Simplicity
There is no easy way.
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Easy Hard Time Inspirational
The leader must own everything in his or her world.
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Himself Leadership World
Good leaders don’t make excuses.
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Goodness Leadership One Liner
People do not follow robots.
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People Technology
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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Discipline Expectation Motivational
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
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
Staying ahead of the curve prevents a leader from being overwhelmed when pressure is applied and enables greater decisiveness.
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Decision Force Greatness Leadership Stay
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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Control Discipline Freedom Result Time
Remember to keep your ego in check. Don’t judge people.
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Judgement People Remember Yourself
Is this what I want to be? This? Is this all I’ve got—is this everything I can give? Is this going to be my life? Do I accept that?
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Acceptance Generosity Life Myself Philosophy
Decisively engaged?
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Decision Marriage
Good leaders are rare; bad leaders are common.
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Bad Goodness Leadership
Don’t let your mind control you. Control your mind.
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Control Inspirational Mindset Yourself
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. 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
Whether on the battlefield or in the business world, leaders must be comfortable accepting some level of risk.
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Business Comfortable Leadership Risk Understand War World
The infamous they.
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Famous One Liner
The Warrior Kid treats people with respect, doesn’t judge them.
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Judgement People Respect Warrior

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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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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