The most fundamental and important truths at the heart of Extreme Ownership: there are no bad teams, only bad leaders.
JOCKO WILLINKThe Warrior Kid treats people with respect, doesn’t judge them.
More Jocko Willink Quotes
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There is no easy way.
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Take care of your gear and your gear will take care of you.
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Leadership is simple, but not easy.
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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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When it comes to standards, as a leader, it’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate. When setting expectations, no matter what has been said or written, if substandard performance is accepted and no one is held accountable.
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The only meaningful measure for a leader is whether the team succeeds or fails.
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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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If we could execute with a monumental effort just to reach an immediate goal that everyone could see, we could then continue to the next visually.
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And the more you build your will by doing hard things, the stronger your will becomes.
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Relax. Look around. Make a call.
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A good leader does not get bogged down in the minutia of a tactical problem at the expense of strategic success.
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His realistic assessment, acknowledgment of failure, and ownership of the problem were key to developing a plan to improve performance and ultimately win.
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The leader must own everything in his or her world.
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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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Remember to keep your ego in check. Don’t judge people.
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