The Code. The Evaluation. The Protocols: Striving to Become an Eminently Qualified Human

by Jocko Willink

The Code sets a standard, the highest possible standard. The highest possible standard reveals and delineates The Path we must follow.

The Path is how you become what you want to be, who you want to be, and what the world needs you to be.

Laziness, ego, weakness, and immediate gratification will all try to pull you off The Path every day. You must fight them. You will even have to fight people who don’t want you on The Path.

You have to make the right choices. The hard choices. You have to deny immediate gratification and pushback against weakness. You must impose Unmitigated Daily Discipline in all things. That is how you stay on The Path. We must stay on The Path if we are to become an Eminently Qualified Human.

An Eminently Qualified Human is a person who has achieved mastery in every facet of life. This person has reached their full potential in every measurable way. This person lives The Code.

If you are disciplined with your time you will have more free time, and you will be able to do the things you want to do when you want to do them.

Have a plan and ensure everyone in your home executes that plan under stress. Rehearse that plan and assess how prepared your family is. Have all the required equipment and supplies.

Everyone in your family should know CPR and basic life-saving steps.

Being eminently qualified is being on The Path that does not end. It’s the way of living life where we accept that with every single day there is more to do.

When you fall off The Path, ask yourself why. Why are you not doing the things you know you should? Do an unsparing self-assessment, identify corrective measures, and ruthlessly implement those measures.

Let the adversity you face today turn you into a better person tomorrow so in the future you look back at these struggles and you say “Thank you – you made me better”.