leadership is the single greatest factor in any team’s performance.
JOCKO WILLINKLeadership isn’t one person leading a team. It is a group of leaders working together, up and down the chain of command, to lead.
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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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Don’t let your mind control you. Control your mind.
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Is this what I want to be? This? Is this all I’ve got—is this everything I can give? Is this going to be my life? Do I accept that?
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There is no growth in the comfort zone.
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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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Good leaders are rare; bad leaders are common.
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A good leader has nothing to prove, but everything to prove.
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The test for a successful brief is simple: Do the team and the supporting elements understand it?
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Although discipline demands control and asceticism, it actually results in freedom. When you have the discipline to get up early, you are rewarded with more free time.
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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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The only meaningful measure for a leader is whether the team succeeds or fails.
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Instead of letting the situation dictate our decisions, we must dictate the situation.
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Take care of your gear and your gear will take care of you.
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Repetitive exceptional performance became a habit.
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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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