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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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Even the most competent of leaders can be overwhelmed if they try to tackle multiple problems or a number of tasks simultaneously.
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Leadership Problem Try
If we could execute with a monumental effort just to reach an immediate goal that everyone could see, we could then continue to the next visually.
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Effort Goal See
The infamous they.
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Famous One Liner
Remember: the enemy gets a vote.
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Democracy Enemy Remember
Take care of your gear and your gear will take care of you.
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Care Material
So how can a leader become great if they lack the natural characteristics necessary to lead? The answer is simple: a good leader builds a great team that counterbalances their weaknesses.
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Greatness Leadership Necessary Simplicity Team Weakness
Our egos don’t like to take blame.
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Blame Ourselves
But we can’t ever think we are too good to fail or that our enemies are not capable, deadly, and eager to exploit our weaknesses. We must never get complacent. This is where controlling the ego is most important.
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Control Enemy Failure Goodness Important Thinking
The best leaders are not driven by ego or personal agendas.
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Leadership Virtue
And the more you build your will by doing hard things, the stronger your will becomes.
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Strong Willing Yourself
Don’t expect to be motivated every day to get out there and make things happen. You won’t be. Don’t count on motivation. Count on Discipline.
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Discipline Expectation Motivational
A mission statement tells your troops what you are doing.
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Team Yourself
Trust is not blindly given. It must be built over time.
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Time Trust
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
To not move around, observe, and analyze, in order to make the best decisions possible, was to fail as a leader and fail the team.
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Best Decision Failure Leadership Possible Team
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

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