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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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The infamous they.
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Famous One Liner
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
Establishing an effective and repeatable planning process is critical to the success of any team.
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Establishment Planning Success Team
We learned that leadership requires belief in the mission and unyielding perseverance to achieve victory, particularly when doubters question whether victory is even possible.
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Achievement Belief Leadership Learning Perseverance Possible Victory
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
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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Acceptance Generosity Life Myself Philosophy
The Warrior Kid treats people with respect, doesn’t judge them.
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Judgement People Respect Warrior
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
The focus must always be on how to best accomplish the mission.
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Accomplishment Best Focus
That’s it. When things are going bad: Don’t get all bummed out, don’t get startled, don’t get frustrated. No. Just look at the issue and say: Good.
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Bad Goodness Issue
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
leadership is the single greatest factor in any team’s performance.
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Leadership Team
Get after it.
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Inspirational One Liner
The goal of leadership seems simple: to get people to do what they need to do to support the mission and the team.
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Friendship Goal Simplicity Support Team
Leadership is simple, but not easy.
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Easy Leadership Simplicity
Good leaders are rare; bad leaders are common.
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Bad Goodness Leadership

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

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