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

Jocko Willink

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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Goodness Leadership Problem Success
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
I can remember many times when my boat crew struggled. It was easy to make excuses for our team’s performance and why it wasn’t what it should have been. But I learned that good leaders don’t make excuses. Instead, they figure out a way to get it done and win.
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Goodness Leadership Learning Myself Remember Struggle Time Win
In the SEAL Teams, the bond of our brotherhood is our strongest weapon. If you take that away from us, we lose our most important quality as a team.
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Important Lose Quality Relationship Strong Team Weapon
The only meaningful measure for a leader is whether the team succeeds or fails.
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Failure Success Team
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
Such concepts are simple, but not easy,
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Easy Simplicity
Take care of your gear and your gear will take care of you.
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Care Material
Motivation is fickle. It comes and goes.
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Motivational One Liner
In the business world, and in life, there are inherent complexities. It is critical to keep plans and communication simple.
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Business Life Simplicity World
Don’t ask your leader what you should do, tell them what you are going to do.
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Future Leadership Yourself
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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Development Failure Himself Improvement Problem Win
The focus must always be on how to best accomplish the mission.
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Accomplishment Best Focus
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
The Warrior Kid treats people with respect, doesn’t judge them.
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Judgement People Respect Warrior
Good leaders are rare; bad leaders are common.
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Bad Goodness Leadership

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

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