Freedom is what everyone wants – to be able to act and live with freedom. But the only way to get to a place of freedom is through discipline. Jocko Willink Read Quote
Every day is a major balancing act that I have to figure out and coordinate. Jocko Willink Read Quote
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. Jocko Willink Read Quote
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. Jocko Willink Read Quote
It’s a lose-lose situation to get in a confrontation on the street. If you can break contact and get away, break contact and get away. That’s what you should learn self-defense for. Jocko Willink Read Quote
One of the key qualities a leader must possess is the ability to detach from the chaos, mayhem, and emotions in a situation and make good, clear decisions based on what is actually happening. Jocko Willink Read Quote
It’s not fun to get out of bed early in the morning. When the alarm goes off, it doesn’t sing you a song: it hits you in the head with a baseball bat. So how do you respond to that? Do you crawl underneath your covers and hide? Or do you get up, get aggressive, and attack the day? Jocko Willink Read Quote
Just do some kind of workout. Doesn’t matter if it’s going for a walk around the block, going for a jog, doing some calisthenics, lifting weights, going to a pool and swimming – you name it. But do something that gets your blood flowing and gets your mind in the game. Jocko Willink Read Quote
I’m always reading the next book. Taking notes. Highlighting, researching, studying. It doesn’t stop. Jocko Willink Read Quote
