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Repetitive exceptional performance became a habit.

Jocko Willink

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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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  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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  The greatest of these was the recognition that leadership is the most important factor on the battlefield, the single greatest reason behind the success of any team.

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  His realistic assessment, acknowledgment of failure, and ownership of the problem were key to developing a plan to improve performance and ultimately win.

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  Leadership requires finding the equilibrium in the dichotomy of many seemingly contradictory qualities, between one extreme and another.

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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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  Waiting for the 100 percent right and certain solution leads to delay, indecision, and an inability to execute.

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  Trust is not blindly given. It must be built over time.

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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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  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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