Simply put, effective leaders play to win. Thus, in order to win you must have a default aggressive. To provide some other perspective and in sales, there’s a famous quote saying “Timid Salesmen have skinny kids”. This is also true of leadership. This in mind, there’s many times as a leader it’s in the best…

Just when you thought we were complete with Jocko’s 4 laws of combat and leadership, I am here to exceed expectations and provide the final 2 and a summary from the notepad.com  Now on to lesson Number 5! In Leadership Strategy and Tactics: Field Manual, Jocko Willink compares two of his Platoon Commanders early in…

As a continuation from the last 4 weeks, I read the expert from MSP magazine and wanted to share its break down. Number is 4 Decentralized Command and this is the sole purpose of me sending this weekly message to better your leadership. Why? Because Decentralized Command means everybody is a leader. That’s what you…

As a continuation from the last 3 weeks, I read the expert from MSP magazine and wanted to share its break down. No. 3 Prioritize And Execute When Jocko ran these SEAL Leadership trainings, he went to great lengths to make them as realistic as possible. “We had high-speed paintball guns like real guns. Set…

As a continuation from the last 2 weeks, I read the expert from MSP magazine and wanted to share its breakdown. We all overcomplicate things, especially when it comes to planning. Jocko would give his young SEAL officers an exercise where they had to craft a plan to assault a specific target. “They’d disappear for…

As a continuation from last week’s overview, I read the expert from MSP magazine and wanted to share its breakdown. The First Law of Combat (and leadership) is cover & move. It’s a straightforward concept. “Let’s say there are some bad guys in a building we want to take out. I’m going to start shooting.…