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When it comes to standards, as a leader, it’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.

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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
Departments and groups within the team must break down silos, depend on each other and understand who depends on them.
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Break Independent Team Understand
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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Extreme Ownership. Leaders must own everything in their world. There is no one else to blame.
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Blame Leadership World
The only meaningful measure for a leader is whether the team succeeds or fails.
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Failure Success Team
The leader must own everything in his or her world.
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Himself Leadership World
A leader must lead but also be ready to follow. Sometimes, another member of the team—perhaps a subordinate or direct report—might be in a better position to develop a plan, make a decision, or lead through a specific situation.
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Decision Development Leadership Team
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
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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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
Establishing an effective and repeatable planning process is critical to the success of any team.
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Establishment Planning Success Team
Leaders must accept total responsibility, own problems that inhibit performance, and develop solutions to those problems.
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People do not follow robots.
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We wrote this so that the leadership lessons can continue to impact teams beyond the battlefield in all leadership situations—any company, team, or organization in which a group of people strives to achieve a goal and accomplish a mission.
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There is only hard work, late nights, early mornings, practice, rehearsal, repetition, study, sweat, blood, toil, frustration, and discipline.
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