Marine Corps and Leadership

The U.S. Marine Corps website lists a number of principles and character traits significant to strong leadership. Two of the principles I think are most significant to being an effective leader are "discipline" and "commitment" (Marines 1). Without discipline, nothing great can be achieved. Great ideas or plans fail in the face of lack of discipline, because discipline is required to stay focused on a goal and reject any temptations or looseness of behavior that might threaten its achievement. Without being highly committed to a purpose or goal, I do not believe an individual can develop a high level of discipline. This is why commitment is very important to my idea of a great leader. A committed leader will find it easy to sacrifice what needs to be sacrificed and to do what it takes

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