Leaders must always operate with the understanding that they are part of something greater than themselves and their own personal interests.
JOCKO WILLINKOur freedom to operate and maneuver had increased substantially through disciplined procedures. Discipline equals freedom.
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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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Extreme Ownership. Leaders must own everything in their world. There is no one else to blame.
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People do not follow robots.
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Don’t fight stress. Embrace it. Turn it on itself. Use it to make yourself sharper and more alert. Use it to make you think and learn and get better and smarter and more effective. Use the stress to make you a better you.
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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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The Warrior Kid treats people with respect, doesn’t judge them.
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Most important of all, he believed winning was possible.
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Cover and Move, Simple, Prioritize and Execute, and Decentralized Command.
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Decisively engaged?
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But, in fact, discipline is the pathway to freedom.
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Even the most competent of leaders can be overwhelmed if they try to tackle multiple problems or a number of tasks simultaneously.
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Waiting for the 100 percent right and certain solution leads to delay, indecision, and an inability to execute.
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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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Good leaders don’t make excuses.
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More than a decade of continuous war and tough combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan gave birth to a new generation of leaders in the ranks of America’s fighting forces.
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