Our egos don’t like to take blame.
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But, in fact, discipline is the pathway to freedom.
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Plans and orders must be communicated in a manner that is simple, clear, and concise. Everyone
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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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And the more you build your will by doing hard things, the stronger your will becomes.
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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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There are no bad units, only bad officers. This captures the essence of what Extreme Ownership is all about.
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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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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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Most important of all, he believed winning was possible.
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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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Decisively engaged?
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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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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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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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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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