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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

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
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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Blame Development Failure Leadership Mistake Oneself Win
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
Faster. Stronger. Smarter. More humble. Less ego.
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Humble Instagram Captions Strong
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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Goodness Importance Leadership Team
Don’t ask your leader what you should do, tell them what you are going to do.
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Future Leadership Yourself
The focus must always be on how to best accomplish the mission.
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Accomplishment Best Focus
Don’t let your mind control you. Control your mind.
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Control Inspirational Mindset Yourself
In order to convince and inspire others to follow and accomplish a mission, a leader must be a true believer in the mission.
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Accomplishment Believe Inspirational Leadership True
Good leaders are rare; bad leaders are common.
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Bad Goodness Leadership
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
Get after it.
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Inspirational One Liner
A mission statement tells your troops what you are doing.
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Team Yourself
Leadership requires finding the equilibrium in the dichotomy of many seemingly contradictory qualities, between one extreme and another.
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Leadership Quality
A good leader has nothing to prove, but everything to prove.
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Deep Goodness Leadership
Establishing an effective and repeatable planning process is critical to the success of any team.
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Establishment Planning Success Team

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

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