Motivation is fickle. It comes and goes.
JOCKO WILLINKStop researching every aspect of it and reading all about it and debating the pros and cons of it, Start doing it.
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Although discipline demands control and asceticism, it actually results in freedom. When you have the discipline to get up early, you are rewarded with more free time.
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Our freedom to operate and maneuver had increased substantially through disciplined procedures. Discipline equals freedom.
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The leader must own everything in his or her world.
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A good leader has nothing to prove, but everything to prove.
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The focus must always be on how to best accomplish the mission.
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The infamous they.
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Waiting for the 100 percent right and certain solution leads to delay, indecision, and an inability to execute.
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A mission statement tells your troops what you are doing.
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Is this what I want to be? This? Is this all I’ve got—is this everything I can give? Is this going to be my life? Do I accept that?
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In order to convince and inspire others to follow and accomplish a mission, a leader must be a true believer in the mission.
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Remember: the enemy gets a vote.
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Generally, when a leader struggles, the root cause behind the problem is that the leader has leaned too far in one direction and steered off course. Awareness.
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You have to BE VIGILANT. You have to be ON GUARD. You have to HOLD THE LINE on the seemingly insignificant little things— things that shouldn’t matter—but that do.
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I had to take ownership of everything that went wrong. Despite the tremendous blow to my reputation and to my ego, it was the right thing to do—the only thing to do. I
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Extreme Ownership. Leaders must own everything in their world. There is no one else to blame.
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