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Yang Wenli's Leadership Approach

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Yang Wenli has a very particular approach to leadership. It’s exemplified in this sequence where he embodies the thing that Jocko always calls ‘The Dichotomy of Leadership’. The leader is always in conflict needing to reconcile the demands from above with the realities and attitudes below.

I noticed this on my watch through and thought it would be good to go back and capture it.

This phrase is it:

“It’s a good for nothing battle, that’s true. But even so, there’s no point in losing.”

Here’s the complete sequence from season 1 episode 21:

Wake up

Introduction

 司令官のヤン・ウェンリー

Good for nothing

 間も無く戦いが始まる  碌でもない戦いだが

No point

 それだけに勝たなくては意味がない

Take it easy

 勝つための算段はしてあるから、無理せず気楽にやってくれ

National destiny

 かかっているのは、たかだか国家の存亡だ

Individual freedoms

 個人の自由と権利に比べれば、大した価値のあるものじゃあない。

Get started

 それではみんな。  そろそろ始めるとしようか?

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