{"id":13251,"date":"2015-09-21T15:04:06","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T20:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/?p=13251"},"modified":"2015-09-21T16:00:47","modified_gmt":"2015-09-21T21:00:47","slug":"leadership-quotes-for-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/13251\/leadership-quotes-for-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership Quotes for Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/generalLukeman.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13252\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/generalLukeman-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Major General Lukeman\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/generalLukeman-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/generalLukeman.jpg 672w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Brain Food for Leaders:<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>MajGen James Lukeman gives young leaders quotes for growth<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Leadership is NOT a position, according to MajGen James Lukeman, Commanding General of Training and Education Command for the Marine Corps.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeadership is what you do and how you act,\u201d he said. \u201cLeaders have the right habits of daily activity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When MajGen Lukeman presented to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\"><u>Marine Military Academy<\/u><\/a> cadets, he explained to them that leadership is built on smart habits, honor and action \u2014 practiced daily.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLive life every day the right way. When things get tough, character carries you through it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>MajGen Lukeman also left the young leaders with eight powerful quotes to help them develop into true leaders.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Leaders eat last.<\/strong> \u2013 Simon Sinek<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The relation between officers and enlisted men should in no sense be that of superior and inferior nor that of master and servant, but rather that of teacher and scholar. In fact, it should partake of the nature of the relation between father and son, to the extent that officers, especially commanding officers, are responsible for the physical, mental, and moral welfare, as well as the discipline and military training of the young men under their command.<\/strong> \u2013 Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Winning is not a sometime thing; it\u2019s an all the time thing. You don\u2019t win once in a while; you don\u2019t do things right once in a while; you do them right all of the time. Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.<\/strong> \u2013 Vince Lombardi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The only battle we fight is for the trust and affection of our men. They win the rest.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Be honest. Do the right thing \u2013 always. Leaders provide the moral compass.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Treat every Marine or Sailor as if he is the one who will save your life. <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>No better friend, no worse enemy.<\/strong> \u2013 1<sup>st<\/sup> Marine Division motto<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0<strong>War rubs the veneer of civilization off you and leaves bare the character underneath.<\/strong> \u2013 Gen James Mattis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brain Food for Leaders: MajGen James Lukeman gives young leaders quotes for growth Leadership is NOT a position, according to MajGen James Lukeman, Commanding General of Training and Education Command for the Marine Corps. \u201cLeadership is what you do and how you act,\u201d he said. \u201cLeaders have the right habits of daily activity.\u201d When MajGen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13252,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[258],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-training-facilities"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13251"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13269,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13251\/revisions\/13269"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}