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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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Generally, when a leader struggles, the root cause behind the problem is that the leader has leaned too far in one direction and steered off course. Awareness.
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Direction Leader Problem Struggle
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
The goal of leadership seems simple: to get people to do what they need to do to support the mission and the team.
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Friendship Goal Simplicity Support Team
You have to BE VIGILANT. You have to be ON GUARD. You have to HOLD THE LINE on the seemingly insignificant little things— things that shouldn’t matter—but that do.
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Importance Worth Yourself
Leaders must accept total responsibility, own problems that inhibit performance, and develop solutions to those problems.
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Acceptance Development Leadership Problem Responsibility
It’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.
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Deep Tolerance Yourself
Don’t let your mind control you. Control your mind.
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Control Inspirational Mindset Yourself
Remember: the enemy gets a vote.
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Democracy Enemy Remember
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
Calm but not robotic, logical but not devoid of emotions.
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Emotional Logic Technology
Good leaders don’t make excuses.
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Goodness Leadership One Liner
Cover and Move, Simple, Prioritize and Execute, and Decentralized Command.
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Act Simplicity
Trust is not blindly given. It must be built over time.
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Time Trust
A leader must care about the troops, but at the same time the leader must complete the mission, and in doing so there will be risk and sometimes unavoidable consequences to the troops.
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Care Leadership Risk Time
Instead of letting the situation dictate our decisions, we must dictate the situation.
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Control Decision Ourselves
Our egos don’t like to take blame.
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Blame Ourselves

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