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There is no growth in the comfort zone.

Jocko Willink

Don’t expect to be motivated every day to get out there and make things happen. You won’t be. Don’t count on motivation. Count on Discipline.
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Discipline Expectation Motivational
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
Most important of all, he believed winning was possible.
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Believe Himself Important Possible Win
After all, there can be no leadership where there is no team.
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Leadership Team
Cover and Move, Simple, Prioritize and Execute, and Decentralized Command.
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Act Simplicity
Instead of letting the situation dictate our decisions, we must dictate the situation.
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Control Decision Ourselves
To not move around, observe, and analyze, in order to make the best decisions possible, was to fail as a leader and fail the team.
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Best Decision Failure Leadership Possible Team
Plans and orders must be communicated in a manner that is simple, clear, and concise. Everyone
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Planning Simplicity
Such concepts are simple, but not easy,
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Easy Simplicity
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
There is no growth in the comfort zone.
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Comfortable Growth One Liner
I had to take ownership of everything that went wrong. Despite the tremendous blow to my reputation and to my ego, it was the right thing to do—the only thing to do. I
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Myself Reputation Responsibility Right Time
That’s it. When things are going bad: Don’t get all bummed out, don’t get startled, don’t get frustrated. No. Just look at the issue and say: Good.
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Bad Goodness Issue
People do not follow robots.
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People Technology
Leadership is simple, but not easy.
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Easy Leadership Simplicity
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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Care Leadership Risk Time

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