Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual Mk1-MOD1

by Jocko Willink

Discipline: The root of all good qualities. The driver of daily execution. The core principle that overcomes laziness and lethargy and excuses. Discipline defeats the infinite excuses that say: Not today, not now, I need a rest, I will do it tomorrow.

Become the discipline—embrace its cold and relentless power. And it will make you better and stronger and smarter and faster and healthier than anything else. And most important:

It takes both emotion and logic to reach your maximum potential, to really give everything you have, to go beyond your limits.

Discipline means taking the hard road— the uphill road.

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.

YOU MUST STRESS THE BODY AND MIND SOME IN ORDER TO IMPROVE.

Discipline begets discipline. Will propagates MORE WILL.

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