This is Jockel Podcast number 194 with Echo Charles and me, Jockel Willink. Good evening, good evening.

As a leader,

you have to put others before yourself.

And that starts at the beginning and it starts with everything that you do.

You have to let the men eat first. You have to make sure that they have the gear that they need.

You have to let them get rest before you do.

That's how it works.

You have to make sure that they have what they need to accomplish the mission.

And then on top of that,

you have to make sure that the mission aligns with the good of the troops.

This is hard for some people to understand, but this applies to any organization, the military,

a business, a sports team.

And you have to make sure that the troops understand that there may be short-term sacrifice

there may even be the ultimate sacrifice in war.

Men may be killed for the cause, but that cause must be just.

And that cause must, even in death, benefit those who may have to give that last full measure.

And that may sound impossible, actually, because how can anyone benefit from their own death?

And the answer is actually quite simple.

When military personnel risk their lives,

they do so to provide safety and security for their country,

the country where their families live.

And those individuals put their families above themselves.

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