Jocko Underground: People Are Like Terrain to be Used For Advantage | Getting Back on The Horse

You got to understand your own tendencies. You got to understand your own terrain. You got to know what you are and who you are in life and as a leader.

That's what we have to do—we have to read the terrain of our people. Is this person a micromanager? Is this person obsessed with details? Does this person not care about details? Because if I got a critical part of a project that relies on excruciating detail, I'm not putting Echo Charles in charge of that project, right?

You think, 'Oh, my kid's so stubborn.' Okay, well how is that a positive quality—because it is a positive quality. You could say stubborn; you can also use a different word: determined. Those are almost the same words, right?