When I was running training, we would fire a couple of leaders from every SEAL team because they couldn’t lead. And 99.9% of the time, it wasn’t a question of their ability – it was a question of their ability to listen. Jocko Willink Read Quote
If someone attacks me, and they want to punch or kick me, I can just run away. They’re not holding onto me. I can get away from them. Jocko Willink Read Quote
We record when I have a hole in the schedule. Sometimes night, sometimes afternoon, sometimes morning – we fit it in when we can. I prep for episodes all the time. Jocko Willink Read Quote
The best leaders understand the motivations of their team members and know their people – their lives and their families. But a leader must never grow so close to subordinates that one member of the team becomes more important than another, or more important than the mission itself. Jocko Willink Read Quote
Just as discipline and freedom are opposing forces that must be balanced, leadership requires finding the equilibrium in the dichotomy of many seemingly contradictory qualities between one extreme and another. Jocko Willink Read Quote
SEALs are human beings. We may all have the same haircuts, but we aren’t robots. Some SEALs are great people. Some are not great people. Some have done unspeakably terrible things. You’re dealing with different people, different dreams, different desires. Jocko Willink Read Quote
If I’ve got something do. I’m going to attack it. I’m going to attack that stress. Jocko Willink Read Quote
Getting out of bed is like the foundation of the discipline, and I think it carries over into everything else. Jocko Willink Read Quote
Who wants to leave the door open to being dominated physically by another human being? Jiu Jitsu gives you the ability to not be dominated by that person, and to me, that’s real peace of mind. I don’t have to worry about that when I’m walking around in the world. Jocko Willink Read Quote
