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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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But, in fact, discipline is the pathway to freedom.
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Discipline Freedom
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
Plans and orders must be communicated in a manner that is simple, clear, and concise. Everyone
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Planning Simplicity
Departments and groups within the team must break down silos, depend on each other and understand who depends on them.
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Break Independent Team Understand
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
Leaders must always operate with the understanding that they are part of something greater than themselves and their own personal interests.
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Greatness Leadership Understand
Don’t ask your leader what you should do, tell them what you are going to do.
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Future Leadership Yourself
And the more you build your will by doing hard things, the stronger your will becomes.
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Strong Willing Yourself
Don’t let your mind control you. Control your mind.
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Control Inspirational Mindset Yourself
Don’t try to plan for every contingency. Doing so will only overburden you and weigh you down so that you cannot quickly maneuver.
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Quick Try Willing Yourself
Most important of all, he believed winning was possible.
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Believe Himself Important Possible Win
There is no one else to blame. The leader must acknowledge mistakes and admit failures, take ownership of them, and develop a plan to win.
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Blame Development Failure Leadership Mistake Oneself Win
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
Calm but not robotic, logical but not devoid of emotions.
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Emotional Logic Technology
The only meaningful measure for a leader is whether the team succeeds or fails.
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Failure Success Team
Discipline equals freedom.
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Discipline Equality Freedom One Liner

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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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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