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If mistakes happen, effective leaders don’t place blame on others. They take ownership of the mistakes, determine what went wrong, develop solutions to correct those mistakes and prevent them from happening again as they move forward.
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Development Leadership Mistake Wrong
Plans and orders must be communicated in a manner that is simple, clear, and concise. Everyone
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Planning Simplicity
When it comes to standards, as a leader, it’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.
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Leadership Philosophy Tolerance
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
Don’t let your mind control you. Control your mind.
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Control Inspirational Mindset Yourself
Most important of all, he believed winning was possible.
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Believe Himself Important Possible Win
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
Establishing an effective and repeatable planning process is critical to the success of any team.
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Establishment Planning Success Team
All elements within the greater team are crucial and must work together to accomplish the mission, mutually supporting one another for that singular purpose.
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Accomplishment Greatness Support Team Togetherness
Whether on the battlefield or in the business world, leaders must be comfortable accepting some level of risk.
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Business Comfortable Leadership Risk Understand War World
But, in fact, discipline is the pathway to freedom.
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Discipline Freedom
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
Don’t try to plan for every contingency. Doing so will only overburden you and weigh you down so that you cannot quickly maneuver.
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Quick Try Willing Yourself
Stop researching every aspect of it and reading all about it and debating the pros and cons of it, Start doing it.
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And the more you build your will by doing hard things, the stronger your will becomes.
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Strong Willing Yourself
Take care of your gear and your gear will take care of you.
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