For this reason, they must believe in the cause for which they are fighting.
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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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There is only hard work, late nights, early mornings, practice, rehearsal, repetition, study, sweat, blood, toil, frustration, and discipline.
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The infamous they.
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leadership is the single greatest factor in any team’s performance.
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Don’t ask your leader what you should do, tell them what you are going to do.
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And the more you build your will by doing hard things, the stronger your will becomes.
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Waiting for the 100 percent right and certain solution leads to delay, indecision, and an inability to execute.
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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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The most fundamental and important truths at the heart of Extreme Ownership: there are no bad teams, only bad leaders.
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The best leaders are not driven by ego or personal agendas.
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After all, there can be no leadership where there is no team.
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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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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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The most impressive thing about this improvement in performance was that it did not come from a major process change or an advance in technology. Instead, it came through a leadership principle that has been around for ages: Simple.
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Remember to keep your ego in check. Don’t judge people.
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