Calm but not robotic, logical but not devoid of emotions.
JOCKO WILLINKThe only meaningful measure for a leader is whether the team succeeds or fails.
More Jocko Willink Quotes
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Staying ahead of the curve prevents a leader from being overwhelmed when pressure is applied and enables greater decisiveness.
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Extreme Ownership. Leaders must own everything in their world. There is no one else to blame.
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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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The Warrior Kid treats people with respect, doesn’t judge them.
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Repetitive exceptional performance became a habit.
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Don’t ask your leader what you should do, tell them what you are going to do.
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The U.S. Navy SEAL Teams were at the forefront of this leadership transformation, emerging from the triumphs and tragedies of war with a crystallized understanding of what it takes to succeed in the most challenging environments that combat presents.
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Establishing an effective and repeatable planning process is critical to the success of any team.
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Most important of all, he believed winning was possible.
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Generally, when a leader struggles, the root cause behind the problem is that the leader has leaned too far in one direction and steered off course. Awareness.
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If mistakes happen, effective leaders don’t place blame on others. They take ownership of the mistakes, determine what went wrong, develop solutions to correct those mistakes and prevent them from happening again as they move forward.
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His realistic assessment, acknowledgment of failure, and ownership of the problem were key to developing a plan to improve performance and ultimately win.
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There is no growth in the comfort zone.
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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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All elements within the greater team are crucial and must work together to accomplish the mission, mutually supporting one another for that singular purpose.
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