Remember: the enemy gets a vote.
JOCKO WILLINKThe only meaningful measure for a leader is whether the team succeeds or fails.
More Jocko Willink Quotes
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Leadership is simple, but not easy.
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Our egos don’t like to take blame.
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The only meaningful measure for a leader is whether the team succeeds or fails.
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After all, there can be no leadership where there is no team.
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If the plan is simple enough, everyone understands it, which means each person can rapidly adjust and modify what he or she is doing. If the plan is too complex, the team can’t make rapid adjustments to it, because there is no baseline understanding of it.
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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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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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In the business world, and in life, there are inherent complexities. It is critical to keep plans and communication simple.
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Most important of all, he believed winning was possible.
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A mission statement tells your troops what you are doing.
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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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Leaders must accept total responsibility, own problems that inhibit performance, and develop solutions to those problems.
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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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To not move around, observe, and analyze, in order to make the best decisions possible, was to fail as a leader and fail the team.
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