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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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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
Good leaders are rare; bad leaders are common.
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Bad Goodness Leadership
A good leader has nothing to prove, but everything to prove.
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Deep Goodness Leadership
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
Although discipline demands control and asceticism, it actually results in freedom. When you have the discipline to get up early, you are rewarded with more free time.
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Control Discipline Freedom Result Time
Cover and Move, Simple, Prioritize and Execute, and Decentralized Command.
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Act Simplicity
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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Goodness Importance Leadership Team
But, in fact, discipline is the pathway to freedom.
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Discipline Freedom
Motivation is fickle. It comes and goes.
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Motivational One Liner
The only meaningful measure for a leader is whether the team succeeds or fails.
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Failure Success Team
The Warrior Kid treats people with respect, doesn’t judge them.
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Judgement People Respect Warrior
All elements within the greater team are crucial and must work together to accomplish the mission, mutually supporting one another for that singular purpose.
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Accomplishment Greatness Support Team Togetherness
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
Remember to keep your ego in check. Don’t judge people.
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Judgement People Remember Yourself
Decisively engaged?
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Decision Marriage
For this reason, they must believe in the cause for which they are fighting.
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Believe Fight Inspirational Reason

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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