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.
JOCKO WILLINKThe Warrior Kid treats people with respect, doesn’t judge them.
More Jocko Willink Quotes
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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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As a leader, you have to balance the dichotomy, to be resolute where it matters but never inflexible and uncompromising on matters of little importance to the overall good of the team and the strategic mission.
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Instead of letting the situation dictate our decisions, we must dictate the situation.
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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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The only meaningful measure for a leader is whether the team succeeds or fails.
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After all, there can be no leadership where there is no team.
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Get after it.
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A mission statement tells your troops what you are doing.
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Motivation is fickle. It comes and goes.
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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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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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Remember to keep your ego in check. Don’t judge people.
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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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Don’t ask your leader what you should do, tell them what you are going to do.
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There is no easy way.
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