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The most fundamental and important truths at the heart of Extreme Ownership: there are no bad teams, only bad leaders.

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Get after it.
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Inspirational One Liner
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
The leader must own everything in his or her world.
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Himself Leadership World
People do not follow robots.
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People Technology
A leader must lead but also be ready to follow. Sometimes, another member of the team—perhaps a subordinate or direct report—might be in a better position to develop a plan, make a decision, or lead through a specific situation.
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Decision Development Leadership Team
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
The focus must always be on how to best accomplish the mission.
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Accomplishment Best Focus
Faster. Stronger. Smarter. More humble. Less ego.
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Humble Instagram Captions Strong
Leaders must accept total responsibility, own problems that inhibit performance, and develop solutions to those problems.
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Acceptance Development Leadership Problem Responsibility
The Warrior Kid treats people with respect, doesn’t judge them.
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Judgement People Respect Warrior
Establishing an effective and repeatable planning process is critical to the success of any team.
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Establishment Planning Success Team
For this reason, they must believe in the cause for which they are fighting.
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Believe Fight Inspirational Reason
In order to convince and inspire others to follow and accomplish a mission, a leader must be a true believer in the mission.
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Accomplishment Believe Inspirational Leadership True
The most impressive thing about this improvement in performance was that it did not come from a major process change or an advance in technology. Instead, it came through a leadership principle that has been around for ages: Simple.
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Age Change Improvement Leadership Simplicity Technology
After all, there can be no leadership where there is no team.
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Leadership Team
The U.S. Navy SEAL Teams were at the forefront of this leadership transformation, emerging from the triumphs and tragedies of war with a crystallized understanding of what it takes to succeed in the most challenging environments that combat presents.
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Challenge Leadership Present Success Team Tragedy Transformation Understand War Win

The most fundamental and important truths at the heart of Extreme Ownership: there are no bad teams, only bad leaders.

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