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- Game of Thrones.
Jon Snow top nine rules for success and leadership.
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Today we're gonna talk about what
makes Jon Snow a great leader.
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- [Thorne] Hit him
till he finds his feet.
(smacking and moaning)
- Enough!
He yielded.
(Sam whimpering)
- Looks like the bastard's in love.
All right then Lord snow.
- Lead with your heart.
Don't judge a book by its cover.
Don't just look at the résumé, look at where they could be.
As a leader it is your job to see beyond
than just the appearance.
Let your employees surprise you.
Sometimes they may not even believe in themselves
but if you believe in them and you see
what they could be and you help them paint a picture,
a better version of themselves.
And you build that yellow brick road for them
and they will follow you
and that's how you become a great leader.
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- Some of the Night's Watch feel you have
too much affection for the Wildlings.
- They were born on the wrong side of the wall,
doesn't make them monsters.
- Title doesn't make you a good leader.
A good leader leads without title.
Just because you are the manager, you are the director,
you are the VP, that doesn't make you a leader.
Leadership has to be earned.
For someone who has a good title,
but if you no one follows you, no one respects you,
then you are not a leader.
On the other hand, a good leader, like Jon Snow
is not about the title.
That people naturally want to follow him
because he is driven by a mission.
He's always about a bigger cause.
You need to have a mission that you believe in
and that's how you have people follow you.
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- No, you're just gonna light the biggest fire
the north's ever seen to let them know you're coming.
- You know nothing, Jon Snow.
- [Orell] She's right, you don't.
- The most important quality of a good leader
is being able to spot talent
and empower them to make decisions.
If you're the smartest person,
or you're the most competent person on your team,
there is something wrong with that.
As a leader, what we wanna focus on is the vision
and communicate that vision with our team members
and inspire them in knowing what they could be
and then empower them to go ahead and execute that vision
and turn your vision into reality.
You don't have to know everything.
You just need to find the right people
who know what you don't know.
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- You're right, this isn't your fight.
You shouldn't have to come to Winterfell with me,
I shouldn't be asking you.
It's not the deal we made.
But I need you with me, if we're gonna beat them
and we need to beat them if you're gonna survive.
- The crow's killed him
because he spoke for the free folk
when no other Southerners would.
He died for us.
If we are not willing to do the same for him, we're cowards.
And if that's what we are,
we deserve to be the last of the free folk.
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- Snow.
- As a leader if all you focus on is competition
all the time, and you ask yourself,
"How do I beat my competitors?"
That's a very narrow-minded leader.
So instead of thinking about competition,
here's what I want you to think about.
Collaboration.
Don't think about how to crush your competitor.
How do you profit from your competitor?
How do you create a win/win situation?
Maybe you can share your customer base.
Maybe you can cross-promote.
Maybe you can share your resources.
How do you form those strategic alliances?
Don't be a lone wolf.
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- I am true to my word.
Or I try to be.
That is why I cannot give you what you ask.
I cannot serve two queens.
And I've already pledged myself
to Queen Daenerys of House Targaryen.
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- Then there is nothing left to discuss.
The dead will come north first, enjoy dealing with them.
We will deal with whatever is left of you.
- I'm pleased you bent the knee to our queen,
I would have advised it, had you asked.
But have you ever considered learning how to lie,
every now and then?
Just a bit?
- I'm not gonna swear an oath I can't uphold.
Talk about my father if you want,
tell me that's the attitude that got him killed,
but when enough people make false promises,
words stop meaning anything.
Then there are no more answers,
only better and better lies
and lies won't help us in this fight.
- I love it when Jon says,
"When people start making false promises,
"words don't mean anything."
I think it's very important in business
that we lead with integrity.
I believe integrity is very simple.
If you do what you say you're gonna do,
it's very, very simple.
In front of your team, you say you're gonna do something,
you do it.
You follow through.
You make a promise in the marketplace,
you follow through.
Lead with integrity.
I think in the business world, this is missing.
Sometimes people promise you to do this and do that
and they cannot even show it up on time.
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- Cersei thinks the army of the dead is nothing but a story.
Made up by wet nurses to frighten children.
What if we prove her wrong?
- I don't think she'll come see the dead at my invitation.
- So bring the dead to her.
Bring one of these things down to King's Landing
and show her the truth.
- [Varys] How do you propose do find one?
- With the queen's permission, I'll go north
and take one.
You asked me to find a cure so I could serve you.
Allow me to serve you.
- The free folk will help us.
They know the real north better than anyone.
- They won't follow Sir Jorah.
- They won't have to.
- You can't lead a raid beyond the wall.
You're not in the Night's Watch anymore,
you're King in the North.
- I'm the only one here who's fought them.
I'm the only one here who knows them.
- I haven't given you permission to leave.
- With respect, your grace, I don't need your permission.
I am a king.
I came here knowing that you could have your men behead me
or you dragons burn me alive.
I put my trust in you,
a stranger,
because I knew it was the best chance for my people,
for all our people.
Now I'm asking you, to trust in a stranger.
Because it's our best chance.
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- Leading by example.
A lot of leaders, they believe that leading by example
is outworking everyone else on the team.
That's not what we're talking about .
It means leading by example,
leading at the front of the line.
Doesn't mean that you have to outdo everything
and outsmart everybody,
it means that you're leading
what you say your core values are.
If these are your core values of your company,
and that's good,
you lead by example by living those core values.
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- Thousands of years ago,
the first men battled the white walkers and defeated them.
I want to fight for the side that fights for the living.
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Did I come to the right place?
- That's why in business, it's so important to have
that mission statement.
That mission statement is what you communicate to the world,
what you are about.
And it's how you communicate to your team members,
your employees, what your organization is about.
And that's why a lot of businesses remain small
because the business owner thinks too small,
they're driven by ego.
You ask them, "So what do you want from your business?"
"Well I just wanna make enough money so I can pay my bills.
"I just wanna make enough money so I could retire.
"I just wanna make enough money
"so I could live a good life."
That doesn't motivate anybody.
And that definitely doesn't attract
the talent that you want.
People want to be part of something bigger.
They don't just want to be part of something small.
They want to be driven by a purpose; a mission.
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- You won't win.
I know your people are brave, no one denies that.
- You know nothing, Jon--
- Six times in the last thousand years,
a king beyond the wall's attacked the kingdoms.
Six times they've failed.
- And how do you know that?
- Every boy in the north knows it.
We grow up learning it.
Where the battles were fought,
the names of the heroes, who died where.
Six times you've invaded and six times you've failed.
The seventh will be the same.
- Mance is different.
- You don't have the discipline.
You don't have the training.
Your army is no army.
You don't know how to fight together.
- You don't know that.
- I do.
I know it.
If you attack the wall, you'll die.
All of you.
- While you have that optimism believing in your vision,
at the same time, knowing that,
you need to be okay to say no.
Maybe the vision that you have,
this vehicle won't get you there.
This strategy won't get you there.
This approach won't get you there.
You have to be flexible enough to pivot.
To come up with a new strategy with a new approach.
It doesn't matter, your goal your vision doesn't change.
You're aiming to get there,
but you need to be flexible with your approach
and know when to say no and when to not fight
the battles that you know you're gonna lose.
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- We're here to say goodbye to our brothers and sisters.
To our fathers and mothers.
To our friends.
Our fellow men and women
who set aside their differences
to fight together
and die together.
So that others might live.
Everyone in this world
owes them a debt that can never be repaid.
It is our duty and our honor
to keep them alive in memory.
For those who come after us
and those who come after them
for as long as men draw breath.
They were the shields that guarded the realms of men.
And we shall never see their light again.
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- As a leader, your team counts on you
to make those tough decisions during those tough times.
It's never pleasant.
Ending a partnership,
or letting go of a long-time employee,
it is never, ever easy.
That's why you are there as a leader
to make these tough decisions and make these tough calls.
If you want to be liked, if you want to be popular,
if you don't want to rock the boat,
well then you're not gonna be a very good leader.
I think as a leader, be respectful of those situations.
If you're gonna let go of someone on your team,
don't make it personal, don't attack them.
Tell them, help them.
What doesn't work?
And maybe help them to transition into a new career.
That's what you need to do as a leader.
So there you go.
Those are the top nine rules for success and leadership
from Jon Snow.
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Winter is coming.
And we know what's coming with it.
And we can't do it alone.
Oh my God this is hot, I hope winter's coming, I'm done.
Are we done? We're done. - [Cameraman] We're finished.