Here are some leadership lessons from Marine General James Mattis.
17 Brilliant Insights from Legendary Marine General James Mattis.
You may find some of Mattis’ insights brutal. But perhaps we all need to look at the brutal facts of life, both in business and the broader world and steel ourselves to our circumstances, face forward and get on with it!
I particularly like:
“You cannot allow any of your people to avoid the brutal facts. If they start living in a dream world, it’s going to be bad.”
“I don’t lose any sleep at night over the potential for failure. I cannot even spell the word.”
“You can overcome wrong technology. Your people have the initiative, they see the problem, no big deal … you can’t overcome bad culture. You’ve gotta change whoever is in charge.”
“PowerPoint makes us stupid.”
“No war is over until the enemy says it’s over. We may think it over, we may declare it over, but in fact, the enemy gets a vote.”
“Ultimately, a real understanding of history means that we face NOTHING new under the sun.”