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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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A good leader does not get bogged down in the minutia of a tactical problem at the expense of strategic success.
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Goodness Leadership Problem Success
For this reason, they must believe in the cause for which they are fighting.
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Believe Fight Inspirational Reason
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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Fight Learning Thinking
Waiting for the 100 percent right and certain solution leads to delay, indecision, and an inability to execute.
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Ability Action Decision Right Wait
Discipline equals freedom.
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Discipline Equality Freedom One Liner
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
There is no growth in the comfort zone.
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Comfortable Growth One Liner
Repetitive exceptional performance became a habit.
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Performance
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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Greatness Leadership Team
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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Development Failure Himself Improvement Problem Win
The test for a successful brief is simple: Do the team and the supporting elements understand it?
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Success Team Understand
There is no easy way.
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Easy Hard Time Inspirational
Decisively engaged?
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Decision Marriage
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
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
The best leaders are not driven by ego or personal agendas.
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