Leadership is simple, but not easy.
JOCKO WILLINKThe only meaningful measure for a leader is whether the team succeeds or fails.
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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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Establishing an effective and repeatable planning process is critical to the success of any team.
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Take care of your gear and your gear will take care of you.
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Don’t let your mind control you. Control your mind.
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You have to BE VIGILANT. You have to be ON GUARD. You have to HOLD THE LINE on the seemingly insignificant little things— things that shouldn’t matter—but that do.
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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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The test for a successful brief is simple: Do the team and the supporting elements understand it?
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After all, there can be no leadership where there is no team.
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Faster. Stronger. Smarter. More humble. Less ego.
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All animals, including humans, need to see the connection between action and consequence in order to learn or react appropriately.
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Decisively engaged?
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So how can a leader become great if they lack the natural characteristics necessary to lead? The answer is simple: a good leader builds a great team that counterbalances their weaknesses.
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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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Leadership isn’t one person leading a team. It is a group of leaders working together, up and down the chain of command, to lead.
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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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