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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

Jocko Willink

In the SEAL Teams, the bond of our brotherhood is our strongest weapon. If you take that away from us, we lose our most important quality as a team.
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Important Lose Quality Relationship Strong Team Weapon
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
There is only hard work, late nights, early mornings, practice, rehearsal, repetition, study, sweat, blood, toil, frustration, and discipline.
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Discipline Inspirational Morning Night Practice Success
The only meaningful measure for a leader is whether the team succeeds or fails.
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Failure Success Team
The test for a successful brief is simple: Do the team and the supporting elements understand it?
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Success Team Understand
We learned that leadership requires belief in the mission and unyielding perseverance to achieve victory, particularly when doubters question whether victory is even possible.
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Achievement Belief Leadership Learning Perseverance Possible Victory
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
Remember to keep your ego in check. Don’t judge people.
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Judgement People Remember Yourself
All animals, including humans, need to see the connection between action and consequence in order to learn or react appropriately.
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Action Animal Connection Human Learning
People do not follow robots.
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People Technology
It’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.
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Deep Tolerance Yourself
The Warrior Kid treats people with respect, doesn’t judge them.
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Judgement People Respect Warrior
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 leader must own everything in his or her world.
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Himself Leadership World
Good leaders are rare; bad leaders are common.
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Bad Goodness Leadership
leadership is the single greatest factor in any team’s performance.
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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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