Instead of letting the situation dictate our decisions, we must dictate the situation.
JOCKO WILLINKRemember: the enemy gets a vote.
More Jocko Willink Quotes
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Motivation is fickle. It comes and goes.
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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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As a leader, you have to balance the dichotomy, to be resolute where it matters but never inflexible and uncompromising on matters of little importance to the overall good of the team and the strategic mission.
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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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Don’t try to plan for every contingency. Doing so will only overburden you and weigh you down so that you cannot quickly maneuver.
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Cover and Move, Simple, Prioritize and Execute, and Decentralized Command.
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A mission statement tells your troops what you are doing.
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The most fundamental and important truths at the heart of Extreme Ownership: there are no bad teams, only bad leaders.
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The goal of leadership seems simple: to get people to do what they need to do to support the mission and the team.
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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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Leadership requires finding the equilibrium in the dichotomy of many seemingly contradictory qualities, between one extreme and another.
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Leadership is simple, but not easy.
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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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But we can’t ever think we are too good to fail or that our enemies are not capable, deadly, and eager to exploit our weaknesses. We must never get complacent. This is where controlling the ego is most important.
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There is no one else to blame. The leader must acknowledge mistakes and admit failures, take ownership of them, and develop a plan to win.
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