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![]() And let’s face it: this was not just a one-off event. It might be happening to you at this very moment: instead of preparing for your exam tomorrow, here you are, reading or listening to a summary of a book you didn’t even know it existed until just a few minutes ago. ![]() If you repeatedly choose the latter, then you should blame nobody for your failures – you are just not disciplined enough to succeed in life. Especially the seemingly banal ones, such as eating an apple or a chocolate bar. Self-discipline lurks behind every single one of your choices. More specifically, it comes from your decision to make a mark on the world, to do more, to be more. And self-discipline – as the term itself implies – comes from your heart, comes from the self. External discipline is neither as strong nor as permanent as self-discipline. But unless they are there with you all the time under all circumstances, they will be only a temporary solution. Sure, they can help you, remarks Willink. “But what about coaches, self-help gurus, and drill instructors?” you may ask. In his opinion, it is an internal, and not an external force. Where does discipline come from?Īccording to Willink, discipline comes from within. If someone is selling you shortcuts, they are 100% lying to you. If someone is saying otherwise – this person is dishonest. Acing all of your exams, becoming fluent in French, and earning a lot of money in life may be three very different things, but they do have one thing in common: all require long-term discipline. Want to become a great basketball player? Once again, you won’t achieve this through some magical transformation overnight, but by showing up to practice every single day for a few hours – for at least a decade! The rule applies to almost every sphere of life. Want to become a good guitarist? You should strive to attain discipline to rehearse constantly. Otherwise, you’re just a slave of randomness and chaos. Discipline is structure, and structure leads to freedom. Willink describes discipline as the root of all good qualities, the driver of daily execution, and the core principle that overcomes laziness and lethargy and excuses. There is only hard work, late nights, early mornings, practice, rehearsal, repetition, study, sweat, blood, toil, frustration, and discipline. ![]() It will not happen cutting corners, taking shortcuts, or looking for the easy way. ![]() To reach goals and overcome obstacles and become the best version of you possible will not happen by itself. And if you want to take the easy road, it won’t take you to where you want to be. No matter how much you try, you will certainly never find it – because shortcuts don’t exist. If you want to find a shortcut or a hack, then you’re just losing your time. If you need to take away only one thing from this book, this is it: there is nothing without self-control, and the only way in life is the way of discipline. Get ready to hear the most important among them, and prepare to discover why there is only one way to achieve true freedom: the way of discipline. Navy, is perhaps better known as a podcaster and co-author of two leadership bestsellers – “Extreme Ownership” and, with fellow Navy SEAL Leif Babin, “The Dichotomy of Leadership.” “Discipline Equals Freedom” is very different from each of the two: rather than theoretical and business applicable, this unusual little book is inspirational and rousing and rather than tightly structured, its various lessons come in distinctive tiny dosages, bursting with energy by way of short, powerful, military-styled sentences and bolded, all-capped crescendos scattered all around the page. Jocko Willink, a retired officer of the U.S. ![]()
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