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When it comes to standards, as a leader, it’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate. When setting expectations, no matter what has been said or written, if substandard performance is accepted and no one is held accountable.

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There are no bad units, only bad officers. This captures the essence of what Extreme Ownership is all about.
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Bad Control Politics
The only meaningful measure for a leader is whether the team succeeds or fails.
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Failure Success Team
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
Establishing an effective and repeatable planning process is critical to the success of any team.
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Establishment Planning Success Team
Whether on the battlefield or in the business world, leaders must be comfortable accepting some level of risk.
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Business Comfortable Leadership Risk Understand War World
The leader must own everything in his or her world.
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Himself Leadership World
In order to convince and inspire others to follow and accomplish a mission, a leader must be a true believer in the mission.
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Accomplishment Believe Inspirational Leadership True
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
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
Cover and Move, Simple, Prioritize and Execute, and Decentralized Command.
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Act Simplicity
Don’t fight stress. Embrace it. Turn it on itself. Use it to make yourself sharper and more alert. Use it to make you think and learn and get better and smarter and more effective. Use the stress to make you a better you.
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Fight Learning Thinking
But, in fact, discipline is the pathway to freedom.
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Discipline Freedom
Discipline equals freedom.
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Discipline Equality Freedom One Liner
Remember: the enemy gets a vote.
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Democracy Enemy Remember
The Warrior Kid treats people with respect, doesn’t judge them.
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Judgement People Respect Warrior
The test for a successful brief is simple: Do the team and the supporting elements understand it?
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Success Team Understand

When it comes to standards, as a leader, it’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate. When setting expectations, no matter what has been said or written, if substandard performance is accepted and no one is held accountable.

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When it comes to standards, as a leader, it’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate. When setting expectations, no matter what has been said or written, if substandard performance is accepted and no one is held accountable.

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