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I don't pick up toys. I crush them.
Didn't get promoted? Good. More time to get better.
Leadership is hard. It's a skill. It's a technique.
Ever since I was a little kid, I wanted to be in combat.
Every day is a major balancing act that I have to figure out and coordinate.
The more you practice, the better you get, the more freedom you have to create.
If you have to stand and fight, you train yourself so that you're able to do it.
If I've got something do. I'm going to attack it. I'm going to attack that stress.
When things are going bad, there's going to be some good that's going to come from it.
If I'm going to get you to do stuff, I need to lead you. I can't just order you to do it.
Things won't get better dwelling on the past. Accept what has happened. Then move forward.
If you get your ego in your way, you will only look to other people and circumstances to blame.
I'm always reading the next book. Taking notes. Highlighting, researching, studying. It doesn't stop.
We all have a tendency to avoid our weaknesses. When we do that, we never progress or get any better.
I'm not a complete psychopath. Am I partially? Sure. I'll accept that. But I'm not a complete psychopath.
Jiu Jitsu is probably the No. 1 activity that I could recommend to someone to improve their lives overall.
Jiu Jitsu is a great workout both mentally and physically. You want to be strong for it and flexible for it.
Getting out of bed is like the foundation of the discipline, and I think it carries over into everything else.
Perseverance is also key to success in any endeavor, but without perseverance in combat, there can be no victory.
I eat steak primarily. That's pretty much what my diet consists of. Sometimes I supplement that with other steaks.
While discipline and freedom seem like they sit on opposite sides of the spectrum, they are actually very connected.
One of the things I definitely think of as a driver of me is fear. And it's fear of failure, fear of being overtaken.
If someone attacks me, and they want to punch or kick me, I can just run away. They're not holding onto me. I can get away from them.
When individual members of the team are highly disciplined, they can be trusted and, therefore, allowed to operate with very little oversight.
Freedom is what everyone wants - to be able to act and live with freedom. But the only way to get to a place of freedom is through discipline.
When a team takes ownership of its problems, the problem gets solved. It is true on the battlefield, it is true in business, and it is true in life.
Waking up early was the first example I noticed in the SEAL Teams in which discipline was really the difference between being good and being exceptional.
I remember, when I was a young guy in the SEAL teams, I was very afraid of making mistakes and looking stupid or doing dumb things and getting a bad reputation.
If you wake up whenever you want, and you slept for 10 hours, and you're lazy getting out of bed, then I believe that affects your whole life in a negative way.
I did my utmost to ensure that everyone below me in the chain of command felt comfortable approaching me with concerns, ideas, thoughts, and even disagreements.
We record when I have a hole in the schedule. Sometimes night, sometimes afternoon, sometimes morning - we fit it in when we can. I prep for episodes all the time.
Most of us aren't defeated in one decisive battle. We are defeated one tiny, seemingly insignificant surrender at a time that chips away at who we should really be.
I would say there are some foods that I strongly recommend that you do not eat. No. 1 on that list, I believe, is doughnuts. Comfort food. Zero value. Don't eat them.
There is one thing that gets you out of bed in the morning, and that is discipline. Because your dreams and your goals are not there waking up for you in the morning.
It's really hard to guarantee things in life. I guarantee if you get up in the morning and you work out, and you work hard, you will have a better day - 100% guaranteed.
I would venture to guess that the biggest reason creative types don't produce isn't because they don't have vision... or talent... in most cases, it's a lack of discipline.
We have food all around us all the time, and if we haven't eaten for three hours, we think we're starving. You're not starving - human beings can go for 30 days without food.
If you continue to keep low performers on your team, that are actually dragging the team down; you're failing the whole team, and eventually, the whole team is going to fail.
Being a kid's not easy. You're transforming and becoming a human being. At some point, you have everyone taking care of you, and then, all of a sudden, you're out in the world.
It's a lose-lose situation to get in a confrontation on the street. If you can break contact and get away, break contact and get away. That's what you should learn self-defense for.
Your success, or lack of success, is your responsibility. Even when you have a chain of command that you don't like as well, its your responsibility to work with the up chain of command.
Don't worry about motivation. 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.
One of the key qualities a leader must possess is the ability to detach from the chaos, mayhem, and emotions in a situation and make good, clear decisions based on what is actually happening.
When things are going bad, don't get all bummed out. Don't get startled; don't get frustrated. If you can say the word 'good,' guess what? It means you're still alive. It means you're still breathing.
If you're going to wake up early all the time, and you're working hard, and you're working out, sometimes you're going to get tired. It's OK. It's acceptable - somewhat. We're all human, unfortunately.
The temptation to take the easy road is always there. It is as easy as staying in bed in the morning and sleeping in. But discipline is paramount to ultimate success and victory for any leader and any team.
If all you're doing is grinding for the man, it's going to burden you. Once you say, 'Hey, I'm grinding for the man, but I'm putting money away, and this is part of my exit strategy,' you're working for you.
A lot of times, people have something that they're afraid of. They've got a client that's mad at them. They've got a project that's due. And they let that stress hang over their head. I don't let that happen.
Just as discipline and freedom are opposing forces that must be balanced, leadership requires finding the equilibrium in the dichotomy of many seemingly contradictory qualities between one extreme and another.
Just on a practical side, if you wake up early in the morning - like at 4:30 in the morning - you're going to have some free time to yourself to make things happen, to take care of things that are important to you.