Take care of your gear and your gear will take care of you.
JOCKO WILLINKTake care of your gear and your gear will take care of you.
JOCKO WILLINKIf the plan is simple enough, everyone understands it, which means each person can rapidly adjust and modify what he or she is doing. If the plan is too complex, the team can’t make rapid adjustments to it, because there is no baseline understanding of it.
JOCKO WILLINKBut, in fact, discipline is the pathway to freedom.
JOCKO WILLINKFor this reason, they must believe in the cause for which they are fighting.
JOCKO WILLINKEstablishing an effective and repeatable planning process is critical to the success of any team.
JOCKO WILLINKA mission statement tells your troops what you are doing.
JOCKO WILLINKDon’t ask your leader what you should do, tell them what you are going to do.
JOCKO WILLINKEven the most competent of leaders can be overwhelmed if they try to tackle multiple problems or a number of tasks simultaneously.
JOCKO WILLINKA good leader has nothing to prove, but everything to prove.
JOCKO WILLINKMore than a decade of continuous war and tough combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan gave birth to a new generation of leaders in the ranks of America’s fighting forces.
JOCKO WILLINKSuch concepts are simple, but not easy,
JOCKO WILLINKDon’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.
JOCKO WILLINKThere are no bad units, only bad officers. This captures the essence of what Extreme Ownership is all about.
JOCKO WILLINKThere is only hard work, late nights, early mornings, practice, rehearsal, repetition, study, sweat, blood, toil, frustration, and discipline.
JOCKO WILLINKRemember to keep your ego in check. Don’t judge people.
JOCKO WILLINKInstead of letting the situation dictate our decisions, we must dictate the situation.
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