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In 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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It’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.
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Deep Tolerance Yourself
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
A good leader has nothing to prove, but everything to prove.
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Deep Goodness Leadership
Cover and Move, Simple, Prioritize and Execute, and Decentralized Command.
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Act Simplicity
For this reason, they must believe in the cause for which they are fighting.
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Believe Fight Inspirational Reason
Calm but not robotic, logical but not devoid of emotions.
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Emotional Logic Technology
Such concepts are simple, but not easy,
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Easy Simplicity
The leader must own everything in his or her world.
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Himself Leadership World
There is no one else to blame. The leader must acknowledge mistakes and admit failures, take ownership of them, and develop a plan to win.
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Blame Development Failure Leadership Mistake Oneself Win
People do not follow robots.
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People Technology
The test for a successful brief is simple: Do the team and the supporting elements understand it?
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Success Team Understand
All animals, including humans, need to see the connection between action and consequence in order to learn or react appropriately.
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Action Animal Connection Human Learning
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
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
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
Discipline equals freedom.
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Discipline Equality Freedom One Liner

In 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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In 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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