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The only meaningful measure for a leader is whether the team succeeds or fails.

Jocko Willink

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
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
Take care of your gear and your gear will take care of you.
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Care Material
Establishing an effective and repeatable planning process is critical to the success of any team.
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Establishment Planning Success Team
Extreme Ownership. Leaders must own everything in their world. There is no one else to blame.
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Blame Leadership World
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
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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Importance Worth Yourself
Remember: the enemy gets a vote.
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Democracy Enemy Remember
Most important of all, he believed winning was possible.
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Believe Himself Important Possible Win
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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Leadership Person Team Togetherness
leadership is the single greatest factor in any team’s performance.
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Leadership Team
As a leader, you have to balance the dichotomy, to be resolute where it matters but never inflexible and uncompromising on matters of little importance to the overall good of the team and the strategic mission.
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Goodness Importance Leadership Team
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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Acceptance Generosity Life Myself Philosophy
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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Explanation Leadership Photograpgh
Get after it.
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Inspirational One Liner
Our freedom to operate and maneuver had increased substantially through disciplined procedures. Discipline equals freedom.
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Discipline Equality Freedom Ourselves

The only meaningful measure for a leader is whether the team succeeds or fails.

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