Leaders must always operate with the understanding that they are part of something greater than themselves and their own personal interests.
JOCKO WILLINKDon’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.
More Jocko Willink Quotes
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Calm but not robotic, logical but not devoid of emotions.
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Our egos don’t like to take blame.
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Establishing an effective and repeatable planning process is critical to the success of any team.
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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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There is only hard work, late nights, early mornings, practice, rehearsal, repetition, study, sweat, blood, toil, frustration, and discipline.
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Remember to keep your ego in check. Don’t judge people.
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Cover and Move, Simple, Prioritize and Execute, and Decentralized Command.
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The greatest of these was the recognition that leadership is the most important factor on the battlefield, the single greatest reason behind the success of any team.
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After all, there can be no leadership where there is no team.
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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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Leadership is simple, but not easy.
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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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leadership is the single greatest factor in any team’s performance.
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If we could execute with a monumental effort just to reach an immediate goal that everyone could see, we could then continue to the next visually.
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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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