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If I've got something do. I'm going to attack it. I'm going to attack that stress.
Jocko Willink
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While discipline and freedom seem like they sit on opposite sides of the spectrum, they are actually very connected.
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If it's stress of things that we cannot control, what you have to do is you mitigate that stress as much as possible. You've planned, you've trained, you've done everything you can in your power to mitigate the stress that's facing you. And then after that, there's nothing you can do. So, you have to let that one go.
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Jiu Jitsu is probably the No. 1 activity that I could recommend to someone to improve their lives overall.
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Your success, or lack of success, is your responsibility. Even when you have a chain of command that you don't like as well, its your responsibility to work with the up chain of command.
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I'm always reading the next book. Taking notes. Highlighting, researching, studying. It doesn't stop.
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We named the book 'Extreme Ownership' because we really found that when we looked at not only at leaders but at teams that were the most successful, we found that the ones that had this attitude of extreme ownership were the ones that did the best, and it's definitely an attitude that I had.
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I would say there are some foods that I strongly recommend that you do not eat. No. 1 on that list, I believe, is doughnuts. Comfort food. Zero value. Don't eat them.
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Getting out of bed is like the foundation of the discipline, and I think it carries over into everything else.
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Waking up early was the first example I noticed in the SEAL Teams in which discipline was really the difference between being good and being exceptional.
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Discipline starts every day when the first alarm clock goes off in the morning. I say 'first alarm clock' because I have three, as I was taught by one of the most feared and respected instructors in SEAL training: one electric, one battery powered, one windup.
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We all have limitations. I don't have the right genes to be an Olympic weightlifter. I don't have the right genetics to be an Olympic sprinter. Or gymnast. Sure, if I trained my whole life, perhaps I could have become fairly decent in those sports.
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