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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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Establishing an effective and repeatable planning process is critical to the success of any team.
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Establishment Planning Success Team
Take care of your gear and your gear will take care of you.
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Care Material
Remember to keep your ego in check. Don’t judge people.
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Judgement People Remember Yourself
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
The most impressive thing about this improvement in performance was that it did not come from a major process change or an advance in technology. Instead, it came through a leadership principle that has been around for ages: Simple.
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Age Change Improvement Leadership Simplicity Technology
Most important of all, he believed winning was possible.
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Believe Himself Important Possible Win
Don’t ask your leader what you should do, tell them what you are going to do.
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Future Leadership Yourself
A leader must lead but also be ready to follow. Sometimes, another member of the team—perhaps a subordinate or direct report—might be in a better position to develop a plan, make a decision, or lead through a specific situation.
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Decision Development Leadership Team
Leadership is simple, but not easy.
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Easy Leadership Simplicity
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
It’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.
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Deep Tolerance Yourself
Motivation is fickle. It comes and goes.
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Motivational One Liner
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
Discipline equals freedom.
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Discipline Equality Freedom One Liner
Stop researching every aspect of it and reading all about it and debating the pros and cons of it, Start doing it.
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Reading Start
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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Control Discipline Freedom Result Time

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