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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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Greatness Leadership Necessary Simplicity Team Weakness
Good leaders are rare; bad leaders are common.
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Bad Goodness Leadership
Cover and Move, Simple, Prioritize and Execute, and Decentralized Command.
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Act Simplicity
Our freedom to operate and maneuver had increased substantially through disciplined procedures. Discipline equals freedom.
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Discipline Equality Freedom Ourselves
In order to convince and inspire others to follow and accomplish a mission, a leader must be a true believer in the mission.
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Accomplishment Believe Inspirational Leadership True
For this reason, they must believe in the cause for which they are fighting.
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Believe Fight Inspirational Reason
If 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.
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Planning Simplicity Team Understand
There is only hard work, late nights, early mornings, practice, rehearsal, repetition, study, sweat, blood, toil, frustration, and discipline.
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Discipline Inspirational Morning Night Practice Success
Discipline equals freedom.
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Discipline Equality Freedom One Liner
Faster. Stronger. Smarter. More humble. Less ego.
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Humble Instagram Captions Strong
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
Our egos don’t like to take blame.
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Blame Ourselves
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
Establishing an effective and repeatable planning process is critical to the success of any team.
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Establishment Planning Success Team
Such concepts are simple, but not easy,
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Easy Simplicity
There is no one else to blame. The leader must acknowledge mistakes and admit failures, take ownership of them, and develop a plan to win.
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Blame Development Failure Leadership Mistake Oneself Win

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