For this reason, they must believe in the cause for which they are fighting.
JOCKO WILLINKTake care of your gear and your gear will take care of you.
More Jocko Willink Quotes
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Get after it.
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Don’t let your mind control you. Control your mind.
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You have to BE VIGILANT. You have to be ON GUARD. You have to HOLD THE LINE on the seemingly insignificant little things— things that shouldn’t matter—but that do.
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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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Most important of all, he believed winning was possible.
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Remember: the enemy gets a vote.
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There is no easy way.
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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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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 are no bad units, only bad officers. This captures the essence of what Extreme Ownership is all about.
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Take care of your gear and your gear will take care of you.
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It’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.
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The only meaningful measure for a leader is whether the team succeeds or fails.
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A leader must care about the troops, but at the same time the leader must complete the mission, and in doing so there will be risk and sometimes unavoidable consequences to the troops.
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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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