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JOCKO WILLINKAfter all, there can be no leadership where there is no team.
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A mission statement tells your troops what you are doing.
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Don’t let your mind control you. Control your mind.
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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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That’s it. When things are going bad: Don’t get all bummed out, don’t get startled, don’t get frustrated. No. Just look at the issue and say: Good.
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There is no growth in the comfort zone.
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Good leaders are rare; bad leaders are common.
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Relax. Look around. Make a call.
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Departments and groups within the team must break down silos, depend on each other and understand who depends on them.
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Leadership requires finding the equilibrium in the dichotomy of many seemingly contradictory qualities, between one extreme and another.
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Although discipline demands control and asceticism, it actually results in freedom. When you have the discipline to get up early, you are rewarded with more free time.
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The most fundamental and important truths at the heart of Extreme Ownership: there are no bad teams, only bad leaders.
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After all, there can be no leadership where there is no team.
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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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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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The Warrior Kid treats people with respect, doesn’t judge them.
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