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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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Don’t let your mind control you. Control your mind.
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Control Inspirational Mindset Yourself
A good leader has nothing to prove, but everything to prove.
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Deep Goodness Leadership
If mistakes happen, effective leaders don’t place blame on others. They take ownership of the mistakes, determine what went wrong, develop solutions to correct those mistakes and prevent them from happening again as they move forward.
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Development Leadership Mistake Wrong
Departments and groups within the team must break down silos, depend on each other and understand who depends on them.
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Break Independent Team Understand
Leadership requires finding the equilibrium in the dichotomy of many seemingly contradictory qualities, between one extreme and another.
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Leadership Quality
Waiting for the 100 percent right and certain solution leads to delay, indecision, and an inability to execute.
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Ability Action Decision Right Wait
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
For leaders, the humility to admit and own mistakes and develop a plan to overcome them is essential to success. The best leaders are not driven by ego or personal agendas. They are simply focused on the mission and how best to accomplish it.
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Accomplishment Development Focus Humility Leadership Mistake Simplicity
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
There are no bad units, only bad officers. This captures the essence of what Extreme Ownership is all about.
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Bad Control Politics
A leader must care about the troops, but at the same time the leader must complete the mission, and in doing so there will be risk and sometimes unavoidable consequences to the troops.
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Care Leadership Risk Time
For this reason, they must believe in the cause for which they are fighting.
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Believe Fight Inspirational Reason
Most important of all, he believed winning was possible.
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Believe Himself Important Possible Win
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
I had to take ownership of everything that went wrong. Despite the tremendous blow to my reputation and to my ego, it was the right thing to do—the only thing to do. I
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Myself Reputation Responsibility Right Time
Such concepts are simple, but not easy,
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Easy Simplicity

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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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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