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Plans and orders must be communicated in a manner that is simple, clear, and concise. Everyone
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Planning Simplicity
Don’t let your mind control you. Control your mind.
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Control Inspirational Mindset Yourself
The focus must always be on how to best accomplish the mission.
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Accomplishment Best Focus
Such concepts are simple, but not easy,
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Easy Simplicity
But we can’t ever think we are too good to fail or that our enemies are not capable, deadly, and eager to exploit our weaknesses. We must never get complacent. This is where controlling the ego is most important.
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Control Enemy Failure Goodness Important Thinking
Get after it.
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Inspirational One Liner
As a leader, you have to balance the dichotomy, to be resolute where it matters but never inflexible and uncompromising on matters of little importance to the overall good of the team and the strategic mission.
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Goodness Importance Leadership Team
That’s it. When things are going bad: Don’t get all bummed out, don’t get startled, don’t get frustrated. No. Just look at the issue and say: Good.
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Bad Goodness Issue
Motivation is fickle. It comes and goes.
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Motivational One Liner
If we could execute with a monumental effort just to reach an immediate goal that everyone could see, we could then continue to the next visually.
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Effort Goal See
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
Even the most competent of leaders can be overwhelmed if they try to tackle multiple problems or a number of tasks simultaneously.
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Leadership Problem Try
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
It’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.
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Deep Tolerance Yourself
Faster. Stronger. Smarter. More humble. Less ego.
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Humble Instagram Captions Strong
To not move around, observe, and analyze, in order to make the best decisions possible, was to fail as a leader and fail the team.
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Best Decision Failure Leadership Possible Team

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