At Officer Candidate School, our drill instructor used to say, “Lead from the front or get the hell out of the way.” That message echoed here. I don’t think that I realized it at the time, but one of the reasons the military can sometimes produce exceptional leaders is that military training clearly emphasizes the most important leadership quality of all: setting the example. Sometimes that example is physical: “You better be at the front of the run.” More often, and more importantly, the example is set by the actions you take that express your values. So, for example, SEAL officers eat last,
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