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Leadership isn’t one person leading a team. It is a group of leaders working together, up and down the chain of command, to lead.

Jocko Willink

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
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
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
Our egos don’t like to take blame.
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Blame Ourselves
Our freedom to operate and maneuver had increased substantially through disciplined procedures. Discipline equals freedom.
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Discipline Equality Freedom Ourselves
The focus must always be on how to best accomplish the mission.
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Accomplishment Best Focus
Good leaders don’t make excuses.
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Goodness Leadership One Liner
Remember: the enemy gets a vote.
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Democracy Enemy Remember
Leadership is simple, but not easy.
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Easy Leadership Simplicity
A good leader has nothing to prove, but everything to prove.
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Deep Goodness Leadership
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
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
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
Trust is not blindly given. It must be built over time.
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Time Trust
The test for a successful brief is simple: Do the team and the supporting elements understand it?
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Success Team Understand
Staying ahead of the curve prevents a leader from being overwhelmed when pressure is applied and enables greater decisiveness.
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Decision Force Greatness Leadership Stay

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