Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual

by Jocko Willink

Motivation is fickle. It comes and goes. It is unreliable and when you are counting on motivation to get your goals accomplished—you will likely fall short.

Don’t count on motivation. Count on Discipline.

Life can be overwhelming. That’s the way life works. It is testing you. It is going to throw problems at you and it is going to throw them at you all at the same time. This is the way life works: Murphy’s Law.

Do it quickly, without thought. Do not reason with weakness.

You must only take action.

Here is what that diet consists of:

The problem is that the 80/20 becomes 60/40, then 40/60, then 20/80 and then all bets are off.

Here are some of the physiological benefits that fasting appears to bring:

in order to be a good leader, one must also be a good follower.