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Although discipline demands control and asceticism, it actually results in freedom. When you have the discipline to get up early, you are rewarded with more free time.

Jocko Willink

The only meaningful measure for a leader is whether the team succeeds or fails.
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Failure Success Team
For this reason, they must believe in the cause for which they are fighting.
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Believe Fight Inspirational Reason
Get after it.
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Inspirational One Liner
A leader must lead but also be ready to follow. Sometimes, another member of the team—perhaps a subordinate or direct report—might be in a better position to develop a plan, make a decision, or lead through a specific situation.
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Decision Development Leadership Team
It’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.
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Deep Tolerance Yourself
Motivation is fickle. It comes and goes.
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Motivational One Liner
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
As a leader, it is up to you to explain the bigger picture to him—and to all your front line leaders. That is a critical component of leadership
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Explanation Leadership Photograpgh
Leaders must always operate with the understanding that they are part of something greater than themselves and their own personal interests.
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Greatness Leadership Understand
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
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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Age Change Improvement Leadership Simplicity Technology
Extreme Ownership. Leaders must own everything in their world. There is no one else to blame.
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Blame Leadership World
You have to BE VIGILANT. You have to be ON GUARD. You have to HOLD THE LINE on the seemingly insignificant little things— things that shouldn’t matter—but that do.
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Importance Worth Yourself
Take care of your gear and your gear will take care of you.
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Care Material
Remember: the enemy gets a vote.
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Democracy Enemy Remember
Repetitive exceptional performance became a habit.
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Although discipline demands control and asceticism, it actually results in freedom. When you have the discipline to get up early, you are rewarded with more free time.

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