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Good leaders don’t make excuses.

Jocko Willink

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
The only meaningful measure for a leader is whether the team succeeds or fails.
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Failure Success Team
A good leader has nothing to prove, but everything to prove.
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Deep Goodness Leadership
For this reason, they must believe in the cause for which they are fighting.
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Believe Fight Inspirational Reason
There is no growth in the comfort zone.
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Comfortable Growth One Liner
Is this what I want to be? This? Is this all I’ve got—is this everything I can give? Is this going to be my life? Do I accept that?
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Acceptance Generosity Life Myself Philosophy
Extreme Ownership. Leaders must own everything in their world. There is no one else to blame.
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Blame Leadership World
Decisively engaged?
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Decision Marriage
Don’t let your mind control you. Control your mind.
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Control Inspirational Mindset 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
When it comes to standards, as a leader, it’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate. When setting expectations, no matter what has been said or written, if substandard performance is accepted and no one is held accountable.
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Acceptance Expectation Leadership Tolerance
Even the most competent of leaders can be overwhelmed if they try to tackle multiple problems or a number of tasks simultaneously.
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Leadership Problem Try
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
Waiting for the 100 percent right and certain solution leads to delay, indecision, and an inability to execute.
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Ability Action Decision Right Wait
Motivation is fickle. It comes and goes.
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Motivational One Liner
leadership is the single greatest factor in any team’s performance.
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Leadership Team

Good leaders don’t make excuses.

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