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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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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
Leadership requires finding the equilibrium in the dichotomy of many seemingly contradictory qualities, between one extreme and another.
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Leadership Quality
When it comes to standards, as a leader, it’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.
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Leadership Philosophy Tolerance
Leadership is simple, but not easy.
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Easy Leadership Simplicity
Establishing an effective and repeatable planning process is critical to the success of any team.
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Establishment Planning Success Team
I had to take ownership of everything that went wrong. Despite the tremendous blow to my reputation and to my ego, it was the right thing to do—the only thing to do. I
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Myself Reputation Responsibility Right Time
The leader must own everything in his or her world.
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Himself Leadership World
People do not follow robots.
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People Technology
For leaders, the humility to admit and own mistakes and develop a plan to overcome them is essential to success. The best leaders are not driven by ego or personal agendas. They are simply focused on the mission and how best to accomplish it.
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Accomplishment Development Focus Humility Leadership Mistake Simplicity
Calm but not robotic, logical but not devoid of emotions.
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Emotional Logic Technology
For this reason, they must believe in the cause for which they are fighting.
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Believe Fight Inspirational Reason
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
A good leader has nothing to prove, but everything to prove.
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Deep Goodness Leadership
After all, there can be no leadership where there is no team.
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Leadership Team
All elements within the greater team are crucial and must work together to accomplish the mission, mutually supporting one another for that singular purpose.
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Accomplishment Greatness Support Team Togetherness
The most fundamental and important truths at the heart of Extreme Ownership: there are no bad teams, only bad leaders.
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Bad Fundamental Heart Important Leadership Team Truth

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