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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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Plans and orders must be communicated in a manner that is simple, clear, and concise. Everyone
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Planning Simplicity
We learned that leadership requires belief in the mission and unyielding perseverance to achieve victory, particularly when doubters question whether victory is even possible.
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Achievement Belief Leadership Learning Perseverance Possible Victory
Motivation is fickle. It comes and goes.
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Motivational One Liner
A good leader has nothing to prove, but everything to prove.
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Deep Goodness Leadership
For leaders, the humility to admit and own mistakes and develop a plan to overcome them is essential to success. The best leaders are not driven by ego or personal agendas. They are simply focused on the mission and how best to accomplish it.
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Accomplishment Development Focus Humility Leadership Mistake Simplicity
Don’t ask your leader what you should do, tell them what you are going to do.
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Future Leadership Yourself
Good leaders are rare; bad leaders are common.
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Bad Goodness Leadership
The focus must always be on how to best accomplish the mission.
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Accomplishment Best Focus
For this reason, they must believe in the cause for which they are fighting.
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Believe Fight Inspirational Reason
So how can a leader become great if they lack the natural characteristics necessary to lead? The answer is simple: a good leader builds a great team that counterbalances their weaknesses.
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Greatness Leadership Necessary Simplicity Team Weakness
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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Direction Leader Problem Struggle
Repetitive exceptional performance became a habit.
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Performance
There is no easy way.
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Easy Hard Time Inspirational
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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Friendship Goal Simplicity Support Team
Waiting for the 100 percent right and certain solution leads to delay, indecision, and an inability to execute.
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Ability Action Decision Right Wait
Departments and groups within the team must break down silos, depend on each other and understand who depends on them.
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Break Independent Team Understand

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