In order to convince and inspire others to follow and accomplish a mission, a leader must be a true believer in the mission.
JOCKO WILLINKMost important of all, he believed winning was possible.
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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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When it comes to standards, as a leader, it’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.
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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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And the more you build your will by doing hard things, the stronger your will becomes.
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For this reason, they must believe in the cause for which they are fighting.
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The goal of leadership seems simple: to get people to do what they need to do to support the mission and the team.
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Most important of all, he believed winning was possible.
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The greatest of these was the recognition that leadership is the most important factor on the battlefield, the single greatest reason behind the success of any team.
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His realistic assessment, acknowledgment of failure, and ownership of the problem were key to developing a plan to improve performance and ultimately win.
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It’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.
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Such concepts are simple, but not easy,
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Faster. Stronger. Smarter. More humble. Less ego.
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Calm but not robotic, logical but not devoid of emotions.
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A good leader does not get bogged down in the minutia of a tactical problem at the expense of strategic success.
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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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