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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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Relax. Look around. Make a call.
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Action Breathe Inspirational See
And the more you build your will by doing hard things, the stronger your will becomes.
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Strong Willing Yourself
Take care of your gear and your gear will take care of you.
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Care Material
Whether on the battlefield or in the business world, leaders must be comfortable accepting some level of risk.
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Business Comfortable Leadership Risk Understand War World
Don’t let your mind control you. Control your mind.
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Control Inspirational Mindset Yourself
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
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
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
The Warrior Kid treats people with respect, doesn’t judge them.
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Judgement People Respect Warrior
The leader must own everything in his or her world.
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Himself Leadership World
A good leader has nothing to prove, but everything to prove.
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Deep Goodness Leadership
For this reason, they must believe in the cause for which they are fighting.
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Believe Fight Inspirational Reason
All animals, including humans, need to see the connection between action and consequence in order to learn or react appropriately.
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Action Animal Connection Human Learning
We learned that leadership requires belief in the mission and unyielding perseverance to achieve victory, particularly when doubters question whether victory is even possible.
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Achievement Belief Leadership Learning Perseverance Possible Victory
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
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

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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