The best leaders are not driven by ego or personal agendas.
JOCKO WILLINKThe most fundamental and important truths at the heart of Extreme Ownership: there are no bad teams, only bad leaders.
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Good leaders don’t make excuses.
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Faster. Stronger. Smarter. More humble. Less ego.
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When it comes to standards, as a leader, it’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.
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Take care of your gear and your gear will take care of you.
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A good leader has nothing to prove, but everything to prove.
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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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And the more you build your will by doing hard things, the stronger your will becomes.
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Repetitive exceptional performance became a habit.
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His realistic assessment, acknowledgment of failure, and ownership of the problem were key to developing a plan to improve performance and ultimately win.
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Most important of all, he believed winning was possible.
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Motivation is fickle. It comes and goes.
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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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Remember: the enemy gets a vote.
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Even the most competent of leaders can be overwhelmed if they try to tackle multiple problems or a number of tasks simultaneously.
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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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