Don’t ask your leader what you should do, tell them what you are going to do.
JOCKO WILLINKRemember: the enemy gets a vote.
More Jocko Willink Quotes
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Leadership is simple, but not easy.
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Whether on the battlefield or in the business world, leaders must be comfortable accepting some level of risk.
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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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Calm but not robotic, logical but not devoid of emotions.
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If the plan is simple enough, everyone understands it, which means each person can rapidly adjust and modify what he or she is doing. If the plan is too complex, the team can’t make rapid adjustments to it, because there is no baseline understanding of it.
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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 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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There are no bad units, only bad officers. This captures the essence of what Extreme Ownership is all about.
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Most important of all, he believed winning was possible.
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A good leader has nothing to prove, but everything to prove.
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Waiting for the 100 percent right and certain solution leads to delay, indecision, and an inability to execute.
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Remember to keep your ego in check. Don’t judge people.
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And the more you build your will by doing hard things, the stronger your will becomes.
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The Warrior Kid treats people with respect, doesn’t judge them.
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The U.S. Navy SEAL Teams were at the forefront of this leadership transformation, emerging from the triumphs and tragedies of war with a crystallized understanding of what it takes to succeed in the most challenging environments that combat presents.
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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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There is only hard work, late nights, early mornings, practice, rehearsal, repetition, study, sweat, blood, toil, frustration, and discipline.
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There is no growth in the comfort zone.
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Relax. Look around. Make a call.
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Good leaders don’t make excuses.
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Decisively engaged?
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The focus must always be on how to best accomplish the mission.
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But, in fact, discipline is the pathway to freedom.
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Generally, when a leader struggles, the root cause behind the problem is that the leader has leaned too far in one direction and steered off course. Awareness.
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Leadership isn’t one person leading a team. It is a group of leaders working together, up and down the chain of command, to lead.
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Get after it.
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