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If you are a leader, a fellow who other fellows look to, you have to keep going.

Major Dick Winters

That’s what officers must do – break the cycle of fear. If a soldier is concentrating on his own feelings and on his own fear, and he sees you moving around, he realizes that you’re sharing the burden with him. That’s why he can then move.
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Cycle Fear Realize Share Soldier War
I learned a valuable lesson that nothing is ever guaranteed.
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Guarantee Learn Lesson Life Valuable
Never, ever give up regardless of the adversity.
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Adversity Give Up Motivational Regard
The paratroopers were the best soldiers at the infantry school and I wanted to be with the best.
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School Soldier Want
Because I was in such good shape, my fatigue level never reached the point of physical exhaustion that contributes to mental exhaustion and, ultimately, to combat fatigue.
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Contribution Exhaust Fatigue Physical War
If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones. You take the tough ones too.
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Easy Leadership Tough
Suicide is a very permanent solution to what is usually a temporary problem.
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Permanent Problem Solution Suicide
If you are a leader, a fellow who other fellows look to, you have to keep going.
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Fellow Leadership
We all experienced sleep deprivation at times – hat is the nature of stress but a physically exhausted leader routinely makes poor decisions in times of crisis.
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Deprivation Exhaust Experience Hat Leadership Nature Physical Stress
Very few men can remain poised under an artillery concentration.
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Concentration Men
War brings out the worst and the best in people. Wars do not make men great, but they do bring out the greatness in good men.
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Greatness People War Worse
The intensity of a fire, or a heavy concentration, to be a leader, you have to be able to concentrate on that fire and move just as soon as it stops or the last round hits.
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Concentration Fire Intensity Leadership Stop
Physical stamina is the root of mental toughness.
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Gymnastic Mental Physical Root Stamina Tough War
There is no need to tell someone how to do his job if you have properly trained your team.
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Job Leadership Team Traning
True satisfaction comes from getting the job done. Ribbons, medals, and accolades, then, are poor substitutes to the ability to look yourself in the mirror every night and know that you did your best.
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Done Medal Mirror Night Poor Satisfaction Subsitute
Develop your team. If you know your people, are fair in setting realistic goals and expectations, and lead by example, you will develop teamwork.
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Development Example Expectation Goals People Real Teamwork

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