Training leaders and teams to succeed through Navy SEAL combat leadership principles from Extreme Ownership.
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Ego clouds and disrupts everything: the planning process, the ability to take good advice, and the ability to accept constructive criticism.
Put your ego in check.
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When your ego gets in the way, you are only hurting yourself.
Even when you get what you want, you are depleting leadership capital...
Until eventually you have none, and nobody wants you to win.
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If a standard no longer has a reason, it should be questioned rather than preserved just because "that's how it's always been done."
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Setting the example is the most powerful thing you can do.
It's the actions you take, not the words you say.
When you set an example and someone follows it, that's leadership.
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Standards should not be based on personal preference alone; they need a legitimate purpose tied to safety, effectiveness, or mission success.
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Ensure everyone understands the broader mission and the why behind what you're trying to accomplish.
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Decentralized Command is a culmination of the first three laws:
Good relationships.
Effective communication.
Focus on important things.
That's how to empower your people.
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The best way to get other people to take ownership is for you to take ownership yourself.
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Effective leaders stay calm, detach, assess the situation, and move.
They ask earnest questions.
They simplify the problem.
They clarify commander’s intent.
Then, they execute.
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Extreme Ownership fights against natural human tendencies to cast blame, point fingers, and make excuses.
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Extreme Ownership means every single thing that affects you, your team, and the outcome is your responsibility.
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The mindset of “Default: Aggressive” is not toward other people.
It is being aggressive toward solving problems, making things happen and moving forward toward the goal.
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Problems don’t solve themselves.
If you ignore problems, they usually don’t go away.
And more often than not, problems that are ignored grow substantially over time.
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Let your poeple lead, make decisions, and solve problems.
The more control you give up, the more capable they become.
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Good leaders define the outcome to achieve and let the team decide how best to accomplish it.
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Decentralized Command means letting everyone lead by understanding the mission and making decisions.
This leadership principle applies at home.
Parenting is about setting kids up to make good decisions without you and preparing them for independence.
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Most values and standards are caught, not taught.
Children learn more from what parents do than what they say.
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The weight of your words as a leader is a lot more than you think they are, and the weight of your words as a parent is probably even heavier than that.
Be very careful what you say to your kids.
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Positive reinforcement is 20 times more effective than negative reinforcement at changing behavior.
As World War II General Bruce Clark once said, "10 attaboys for every one kick in the shins."
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The Readback will teach you that you are not as good at communicating as you think you are.
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