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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More Jocko Willink Quotes
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Remember to keep your ego in check. Don’t judge people.
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We wrote this so that the leadership lessons can continue to impact teams beyond the battlefield in all leadership situations—any company, team, or organization in which a group of people strives to achieve a goal and accomplish a mission.
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A good leader has nothing to prove, but everything to prove.
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Leaders must always operate with the understanding that they are part of something greater than themselves and their own personal interests.
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There is no easy way.
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Don’t let your mind control you. Control your mind.
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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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There is only hard work, late nights, early mornings, practice, rehearsal, repetition, study, sweat, blood, toil, frustration, and discipline.
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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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Calm but not robotic, logical but not devoid of emotions.
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A leader must lead but also be ready to follow. Sometimes, another member of the team—perhaps a subordinate or direct report—might be in a better position to develop a plan, make a decision, or lead through a specific situation.
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Such concepts are simple, but not easy,
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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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The most fundamental and important truths at the heart of Extreme Ownership: there are no bad teams, only bad leaders.
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Decisively engaged?
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