People do not follow robots.
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All animals, including humans, need to see the connection between action and consequence in order to learn or react appropriately.
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The only meaningful measure for a leader is whether the team succeeds or fails.
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Take care of your gear and your gear will take care of you.
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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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Plans and orders must be communicated in a manner that is simple, clear, and concise. Everyone
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But, in fact, discipline is the pathway to freedom.
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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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Remember: the enemy gets a vote.
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Our egos don’t like to take blame.
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Such concepts are simple, but not easy,
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A good leader does not get bogged down in the minutia of a tactical problem at the expense of strategic success.
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There is no growth in the comfort zone.
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It’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.
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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 are no bad units, only bad officers. This captures the essence of what Extreme Ownership is all about.
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