when it comes to standards, as a leader, it’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate. When setting expectations, no matter what has been said or… - Jocko Willink

It’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.

When setting expectations, no matter what has been said or written, if substandard performance is accepted and no one is held accountable — if there are no consequences — that poor performance becomes the new standard.

when it comes to standards, as a leader, it’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.

In Extreme Ownership, chapter 2, “No Bad Teams, Only Bad Leaders,” we wrote that “when it comes to standards, as a leader, it’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.

But what I can tell you is this: when it comes to performance standards, It’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.

not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.

PRINCIPLE Ego clouds and disrupts everything: the planning process, the ability to take good advice, and the ability to accept constructive criticism. It can even stifle someone’s sense of self-preservation. Often, the most difficult ego to deal with is your own.

not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.

A good leader has nothing to prove, but everything to prove.