His realistic assessment, acknowledgment of failure, and ownership of the problem were key to developing a plan to improve performance and ultimately… - Jocko Willink

Regardless of how you think an operation is going to unfold,” I answered, “the enemy gets their say as well — and they are going to do something to disrupt it. When something goes wrong — and it eventually does — complex plans add to confusion, which can compound into disaster. Almost no mission ever goes according to plan. There are simply too many variables to deal with.

You can’t make people listen to you. You can’t make them execute. That might be a temporary solution for a simple task. But to implement real change, to drive people to accomplish something truly complex or difficult or dangerous — you can’t make people do those things. You have to lead them.

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