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His realistic assessment, acknowledgment of failure, and ownership of the problem were key to developing a plan to improve performance and ultimately win.

Jocko Willink

Faster. Stronger. Smarter. More humble. Less ego.
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Humble Instagram Captions Strong
Don’t expect to be motivated every day to get out there and make things happen. You won’t be. Don’t count on motivation. Count on Discipline.
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Discipline Expectation Motivational
Calm but not robotic, logical but not devoid of emotions.
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Emotional Logic Technology
Such concepts are simple, but not easy,
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Easy Simplicity
Instead of letting the situation dictate our decisions, we must dictate the situation.
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Control Decision Ourselves
Good leaders are rare; bad leaders are common.
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Bad Goodness Leadership
Discipline equals freedom.
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Discipline Equality Freedom One Liner
Leadership is simple, but not easy.
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Easy Leadership Simplicity
Once people stop making excuses, stop blaming others, and take ownership of everything in their lives, they are compelled to take action to solve their problems.
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Action Blame Live People Problem
Establishing an effective and repeatable planning process is critical to the success of any team.
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Establishment Planning Success Team
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
And the more you build your will by doing hard things, the stronger your will becomes.
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Strong Willing Yourself
The focus must always be on how to best accomplish the mission.
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Accomplishment Best Focus
The U.S. Navy SEAL Teams were at the forefront of this leadership transformation, emerging from the triumphs and tragedies of war with a crystallized understanding of what it takes to succeed in the most challenging environments that combat presents.
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Challenge Leadership Present Success Team Tragedy Transformation Understand War Win
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
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
A good leader has nothing to prove, but everything to prove.
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Deep Goodness Leadership
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
When it comes to standards, as a leader, it’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate. When setting expectations, no matter what has been said or written, if substandard performance is accepted and no one is held accountable.
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Acceptance Expectation Leadership Tolerance
I can remember many times when my boat crew struggled. It was easy to make excuses for our team’s performance and why it wasn’t what it should have been. But I learned that good leaders don’t make excuses. Instead, they figure out a way to get it done and win.
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Goodness Leadership Learning Myself Remember Struggle Time Win
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
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
The best leaders are not driven by ego or personal agendas.
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Leadership Virtue
Stop researching every aspect of it and reading all about it and debating the pros and cons of it, Start doing it.
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Reading Start
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
Most important of all, he believed winning was possible.
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Believe Himself Important Possible Win

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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