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“Those who take orders usually run at half speed, underutilizing their imagination and initiative.”
― L. David Marquet, Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders

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“If all you need to do is what you are told, then you don’t need to understand your craft. However, as your ability to make decisions increases, then you need intimate technical knowledge on which to base those decisions.”
― L. David Marquet, Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders

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“Leadership is communicating to people their worth and potential so clearly that they are inspired to see it in themselves.”
― L. David Marquet, Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders

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“One of the things that limits our learning is our belief that we already know something.”
― L. David Marquet, Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders

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“Focusing on avoiding mistakes takes our focus away from becoming truly exceptional. Once a ship has achieved success merely in the form of preventing major errors and is operating in a competent way, mission accomplished, there is no need to strive further.”
― L. David Marquet, Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders

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