A good leader has nothing to prove, but everything to prove.
JOCKO WILLINKIn the SEAL Teams, the bond of our brotherhood is our strongest weapon. If you take that away from us, we lose our most important quality as a team.
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There is only hard work, late nights, early mornings, practice, rehearsal, repetition, study, sweat, blood, toil, frustration, and discipline.
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The leader must own everything in his or her world.
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Establishing an effective and repeatable planning process is critical to the success of any team.
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Leadership is simple, but not easy.
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Such concepts are simple, but not easy,
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People do not follow robots.
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And the more you build your will by doing hard things, the stronger your will becomes.
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The test for a successful brief is simple: Do the team and the supporting elements understand it?
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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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Trust is not blindly given. It must be built over time.
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Staying ahead of the curve prevents a leader from being overwhelmed when pressure is applied and enables greater decisiveness.
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Departments and groups within the team must break down silos, depend on each other and understand who depends on them.
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All animals, including humans, need to see the connection between action and consequence in order to learn or react appropriately.
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There is no easy way.
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Leadership isn’t one person leading a team. It is a group of leaders working together, up and down the chain of command, to lead.
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