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The Warrior Kid treats people with respect, doesn’t judge them.

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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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Care Leadership Risk Time
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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Goodness Leadership Problem Success
Leadership requires finding the equilibrium in the dichotomy of many seemingly contradictory qualities, between one extreme and another.
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Leadership Quality
It’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.
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Deep Tolerance Yourself
The infamous they.
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Famous One Liner
All elements within the greater team are crucial and must work together to accomplish the mission, mutually supporting one another for that singular purpose.
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Accomplishment Greatness Support Team Togetherness
Once people stop making excuses, stop blaming others, and take ownership of everything in their lives, they are compelled to take action to solve their problems.
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Action Blame Live People Problem
The only meaningful measure for a leader is whether the team succeeds or fails.
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Failure Success Team
Remember to keep your ego in check. Don’t judge people.
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Judgement People Remember Yourself
The best leaders are not driven by ego or personal agendas.
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Leadership Virtue
The leader must own everything in his or her world.
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Himself Leadership World
Staying ahead of the curve prevents a leader from being overwhelmed when pressure is applied and enables greater decisiveness.
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Decision Force Greatness Leadership Stay
Whether on the battlefield or in the business world, leaders must be comfortable accepting some level of risk.
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Business Comfortable Leadership Risk Understand War World
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
Calm but not robotic, logical but not devoid of emotions.
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Emotional Logic Technology
There are no bad units, only bad officers. This captures the essence of what Extreme Ownership is all about.
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Bad Control Politics

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