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'Extreme Ownership' (TEDxUniversityofNevada talk)
Jocko Willink's TEDx talk at the University of Nevada, published in February 2017. He describes a confused 2006 operation in Ramadi, Iraq, and how taking full responsibility for it, rather than blaming others, earned his commander's trust.
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Verification: Quote checked in TED's official English subtitles for the talk (hosted on Amara by the TED team).
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“Don’t make excuses, don’t blame any other person or any other thing.”
— Jocko Willink, “Extreme Ownership”, TEDxUniversityofNevada (2017)Echoes Proverbs 28:13: “He that covereth his sins shall not prosper”