It’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.Principle #2: No Bad Teams, Only Bad Leaders If something isn’t going your way, start with what you are going to do differently.What you do as the leader will be emulated by your subordinates. Pointing fingers and blaming others is easy and contagious.Every mistake, every failure or shortfall – own it.Extreme ownership is asking yourself, “How can I best get my team to most effectively execute the plan in order to accomplish the mission?”.It is the direct responsibility of a leader to get people to listen, support, and execute plans.Effective leaders do not take credit for his or her team’s successes but bestows that honor upon his subordinate leaders and team members.Extreme ownership requires leaders to look at an organization’s problems through the objective lens of reality, without emotional attachments to agendas or plans.It requires extraordinary humility and courage. Total responsibility for failure is a difficult thing to accept.It’s the leader’s fault when subordinates aren’t doing what they should.The leader must own everything in his or her world.These leadership principles are simple, but not easy.They are simply focused on the mission and how best to accomplish it. The best leaders are not driven by ego or personal agendas.The only meaningful measure for a leader is whether the team succeeds or fails.Without a team, there can be no leadership.But I pick and choose ideas to include at my discretion. The following book summary is a collection of my notes and highlights taken straight from the book.