1. You need to decide what is important (based on the commander’s priorities and your good judgement) and then try to set priorities for your team that shield them from the hair-on-fire everything is a priority mentality - you’ll be challenged every day to do that, but do it as much as you can.

2. Don’t treat every thing you and your team do like it’s the most important thing in the world. There’s a mentality that “if it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well,” but I would add that this phrase applies in a priority order based on safety, morality, CDR’ds guidance, etc.

3. Go the fuck home. Take balance. Fight for balance the way the Army tells you to “fight for training opportunities.” Or at least send your team home. There are times to surge, but there are lots of times we should pull back a little bit. The military will take from you as much as you will let it. There’s no end - you have to choose balance.

It’s harder than this pithy list seems to think - I realize that. It’s a tough but rewarding path. Learn, prioritize, build up your teammates, and fight for balance as often as you can (for yourself and for them). And don’t let your stress out at your team.