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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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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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Blame Development Failure Leadership Mistake Oneself Win
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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Goodness Leadership Learning Myself Remember Struggle Time Win
Good leaders are rare; bad leaders are common.
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Bad Goodness Leadership
Plans and orders must be communicated in a manner that is simple, clear, and concise. Everyone
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Planning Simplicity
Discipline equals freedom.
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Discipline Equality Freedom One Liner
The focus must always be on how to best accomplish the mission.
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Accomplishment Best Focus
Is this what I want to be? This? Is this all I’ve got—is this everything I can give? Is this going to be my life? Do I accept that?
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Acceptance Generosity Life Myself Philosophy
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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Reading Start
And the more you build your will by doing hard things, the stronger your will becomes.
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Strong Willing Yourself
There is no growth in the comfort zone.
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Comfortable Growth One Liner
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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Development Leadership Mistake Wrong
Establishing an effective and repeatable planning process is critical to the success of any team.
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Establishment Planning Success Team
Leaders must accept total responsibility, own problems that inhibit performance, and develop solutions to those problems.
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Acceptance Development Leadership Problem Responsibility
leadership is the single greatest factor in any team’s performance.
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Leadership Team
The only meaningful measure for a leader is whether the team succeeds or fails.
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Failure Success Team
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

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