There is only hard work, late nights, early mornings, practice, rehearsal, repetition, study, sweat, blood, toil, frustration, and discipline.
JOCKO WILLINKAs 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.
More Jocko Willink Quotes
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The infamous they.
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For this reason, they must believe in the cause for which they are fighting.
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Take care of your gear and your gear will take care of you.
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There is no growth in the comfort zone.
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The leader must own everything in his or her world.
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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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Whether on the battlefield or in the business world, leaders must be comfortable accepting some level of risk.
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Cover and Move, Simple, Prioritize and Execute, and Decentralized Command.
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Leadership is simple, but not easy.
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Most important of all, he believed winning was possible.
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And the more you build your will by doing hard things, the stronger your will becomes.
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Faster. Stronger. Smarter. More humble. Less ego.
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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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More than a decade of continuous war and tough combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan gave birth to a new generation of leaders in the ranks of America’s fighting forces.
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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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