Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual Mk1-MOD1

by Jocko Willink

Discipline can seem like your worst enemy. But in reality it is your best friend. It will take care of you like nothing else can.

And if you lie to yourself, you will not find discipline.

Do what challenges you. Do what pushes you. Do what sets you up for long-term strategic success. Don’t do what makes you happy. Do what makes you better.

do not rest on your laurels. Do not think you have done enough. It does not matter what you did yesterday. Yesterday is gone. And today: THE COUNT IS ZERO.

You don’t find happiness. You make it. You put forth effort. You work for it. You take on responsibility. You put yourself out there; you take risk to achieve a worthy goal. And in that pursuit, if you pay attention, if you look around, you will find happiness.

The world is yours when you are up before the enemy.