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.
JOCKO WILLINKDepartments and groups within the team must break down silos, depend on each other and understand who depends on them.
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Instead of letting the situation dictate our decisions, we must dictate the situation.
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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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After all, there can be no leadership where there is no team.
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Get after it.
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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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A mission statement tells your troops what you are doing.
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There is only hard work, late nights, early mornings, practice, rehearsal, repetition, study, sweat, blood, toil, frustration, and discipline.
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A good leader has nothing to prove, but everything to prove.
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But, in fact, discipline is the pathway to freedom.
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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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The best leaders are not driven by ego or personal agendas.
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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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The Warrior Kid treats people with respect, doesn’t judge them.
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Departments and groups within the team must break down silos, depend on each other and understand who depends on them.
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More than a decade of continuous war and tough combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan gave birth to a new generation of leaders in the ranks of America’s fighting forces.
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