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There are no bad units, only bad officers. This captures the essence of what Extreme Ownership is all about.

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We wrote this so that the leadership lessons can continue to impact teams beyond the battlefield in all leadership situations—any company, team, or organization in which a group of people strives to achieve a goal and accomplish a mission.
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Accomplishment Company Leadership Lesson People Team
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
Cover and Move, Simple, Prioritize and Execute, and Decentralized Command.
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Act Simplicity
If the plan is simple enough, everyone understands it, which means each person can rapidly adjust and modify what he or she is doing. If the plan is too complex, the team can’t make rapid adjustments to it, because there is no baseline understanding of it.
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Planning Simplicity Team Understand
Faster. Stronger. Smarter. More humble. Less ego.
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Humble Instagram Captions Strong
Don’t let your mind control you. Control your mind.
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Control Inspirational Mindset Yourself
The most fundamental and important truths at the heart of Extreme Ownership: there are no bad teams, only bad leaders.
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Bad Fundamental Heart Important Leadership Team Truth
The leader must own everything in his or her world.
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Himself Leadership World
We learned that leadership requires belief in the mission and unyielding perseverance to achieve victory, particularly when doubters question whether victory is even possible.
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Achievement Belief Leadership Learning Perseverance Possible Victory
Extreme Ownership. Leaders must own everything in their world. There is no one else to blame.
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Blame Leadership World
Leaders must accept total responsibility, own problems that inhibit performance, and develop solutions to those problems.
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Acceptance Development Leadership Problem Responsibility
Don’t fight stress. Embrace it. Turn it on itself. Use it to make yourself sharper and more alert. Use it to make you think and learn and get better and smarter and more effective. Use the stress to make you a better you.
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Fight Learning Thinking
There is no easy way.
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Easy Hard Time Inspirational
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
Good leaders are rare; bad leaders are common.
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Bad Goodness Leadership
People do not follow robots.
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People Technology

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