Jocko Willink Quotes

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Jocko Willink

American Author

Born: Sep 8, 1971

Discipline Good Me Morning Time You

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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. Jocko Willink

Success Morning Discipline Victory Leader Sleeping Easy Paramount Staying Temptation Take Road Always Bed Ultimate Any Team

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. Jocko Willink

You Goals Will Fall Fickle Worry About Unreliable Counting Likely Motivation Accomplished Get Goes Short Your

Don't think in the morning. That's a big mistake that people make. They wake up in the morning and they start thinking. Don't think. Just execute the plan. The plan is the alarm clock goes off, you get up, you go work out. Get some. Jocko Willink

Work Morning You Mistake People Wake Up Big Think Thinking Out Some Execute Make Go Off Wake Clock Up Big Mistake Get Goes Just Plan Work Out Alarm Start

If it's stress of things that we cannot control, what you have to do is you mitigate that stress as much as possible. You've planned, you've trained, you've done everything you can in your power to mitigate the stress that's facing you. And then after that, there's nothing you can do. So, you have to let that one go. Jocko Willink

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. Jocko Willink

You Man Money Burden Strategy Once Hey Say Part Putting Doing Exit Exit Strategy Going Grinding Working Away

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. Jocko Willink

Good Emotions Key Leader Situation Chaos Possess Detach Must Ability Clear Qualities Make Mayhem Happening Decisions Based Actually

Perseverance is also key to success in any endeavor, but without perseverance in combat, there can be no victory. Jocko Willink

Success Perseverance Key Victory Endeavor Key To Success Combat Also Without Any

Discipline starts every day when the first alarm clock goes off in the morning. I say 'first alarm clock' because I have three, as I was taught by one of the most feared and respected instructors in SEAL training: one electric, one battery powered, one windup. Jocko Willink

Day Morning Every Day Training Discipline Three First Every Starts Respected Say Battery Feared Powered Most Instructor Because Off Clock Goes Taught Electric Seal Alarm

Put your leaders in stressful scenarios. Make them figure out solutions under pressure. See if you can make them frustrated, angry, and flustered, and then demand decisive leadership from them. They will be challenged at first, but they will get better over time. Jocko Willink

Time Leadership Angry You Better Will Pressure First Out Solutions See Scenarios Put Leaders Demand Over Make Get Frustrated Decisive Them Then Your Figure Challenged Stressful

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. Jocko Willink

Time Morning You Yourself Wake Up Care Free Important Side Some Take Free Time Take Care Like Practical Make Wake Up Going Just Happen Things Things Happen Early

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. Jocko Willink

Good You Word Guess Say Alive Out Bad Still Bummed Get Going Frustrated Breathing Means Things Startled

I'm not a complete psychopath. Am I partially? Sure. I'll accept that. But I'm not a complete psychopath. Jocko Willink

Complete Accept Sure Am

I don't pick up toys. I crush them. Jocko Willink

Pick Crush Toys Up Them

What makes you a SEAL, what makes you a SEAL is being a good tactician on the battle field, understanding how to shoot, move, and communicate, knowing small unit maneuver warfare. That's what makes a good SEAL, and so that is the course of instruction that I taught, was getting SEAL platoons ready for deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Jocko Willink

Good You Battle Communicate Understanding Field Small Instruction Knowing Course Makes Ready How Iraq Shoot Getting Afghanistan Move Taught Being Maneuver Deployment Warfare Seal Unit

The more you practice, the better you get, the more freedom you have to create. Jocko Willink

Freedom You Better Practice More Get Create

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. Jocko Willink

Life Work Day Morning You Work Hard Better Will Out Up Get Work Out Really Hard Things Guarantee Guaranteed

Every day is a major balancing act that I have to figure out and coordinate. Jocko Willink

Day Every Day Every Out Major Balancing Act Figure Coordinate

Some people, they take their form of working out as a religion that they think is better than everyone else's. I'm not like that. If you have a better way to work out, and you can teach it to me, and I find it to be useful and gets me in better shape, I'm all about. Jocko Willink

Work Religion Me You People Better Some People Think Else Everyone Way Out Find Some About Shape Take Better Shape Better Way Like Than Gets Form Work Out Working Teach Useful

Didn't get promoted? Good. More time to get better. Jocko Willink

Time Good Better Promoted More Get

SEALs are human beings. We may all have the same haircuts, but we aren't robots. Some SEALs are great people. Some are not great people. Some have done unspeakably terrible things. You're dealing with different people, different dreams, different desires. Jocko Willink

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