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Waiting for the 100 percent right and certain solution leads to delay, indecision, and an inability to execute.

Jocko Willink

That’s it. When things are going bad: Don’t get all bummed out, don’t get startled, don’t get frustrated. No. Just look at the issue and say: Good.
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Bad Goodness Issue
Leadership requires finding the equilibrium in the dichotomy of many seemingly contradictory qualities, between one extreme and another.
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Leadership Quality
Discipline equals freedom.
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Discipline Equality Freedom One Liner
Our freedom to operate and maneuver had increased substantially through disciplined procedures. Discipline equals freedom.
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Discipline Equality Freedom Ourselves
Motivation is fickle. It comes and goes.
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Motivational One Liner
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
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
Once people stop making excuses, stop blaming others, and take ownership of everything in their lives, they are compelled to take action to solve their problems.
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Action Blame Live People Problem
Repetitive exceptional performance became a habit.
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Performance
Don’t expect to be motivated every day to get out there and make things happen. You won’t be. Don’t count on motivation. Count on Discipline.
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Discipline Expectation Motivational
The only meaningful measure for a leader is whether the team succeeds or fails.
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Failure Success Team
The infamous they.
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Famous One Liner
More than a decade of continuous war and tough combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan gave birth to a new generation of leaders in the ranks of America’s fighting forces.
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Born Fight Force Leadership Tough War
Trust is not blindly given. It must be built over time.
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Time Trust
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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Goodness Leadership Problem Success
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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Greatness Leadership Team

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