There are no shortcuts. There are no hacks. If you want to take the easy road, I promise
you: it’s longer and more painful than the hard road. I know. I’ve lived it. I’ve ventured down the easy road at times
in my life and it never led to anywhere good. The positive things in my life always came
when I faced the biggest challenges. I joined the Navy. I took the hard road in the Navy and made
it into the SEAL Teams. There, I had the honor of leading men in combat. I learned some lessons along the way, lessons
that have been tested on the battlefield and, when implemented, lead to success in any arena. One of the best things I’ve learned is that
anyone has what it takes to travel the hard road—to walk The Path that leads to success. That includes you. It won’t be easy. It will demand everything you’ve got to
give. But you can do it, and I want to give you
three key principles I’ve learned that will help you to get it done. Principle number one: Discipline. Equals. Freedom. That’s not a contradiction—it’s an equation. Discipline might appear to be the opposite
of freedom. But, in fact, discipline is the path to freedom. Discipline is the driver of daily execution. Discipline defeats the infinite excuses that
hold you back. Some people think motivation is what will
compel them to get things done. But motivation is just an emotion—a feeling,
and like all feelings, it’s fickle: it comes and goes. You can’t count on motivation to be there
when you need to get through truly challenging times. But you can count on discipline. Discipline is something you dictate. Motivation won’t make you exercise every
day; discipline will. Motivation won’t stay up late and finish
a project for you; discipline will. Motivation isn’t going to get you out of
bed in the morning; discipline will. Make discipline part of your daily life and
your daily life will get better. Principle Number Two: Stay. Humble. In life, you are going to have to do things
that you don’t want to do. Maybe things that you don’t think you should
have to do—things that offend your precious ego. When I got done with Basic SEAL Training and
reported on board SEAL Team One, you know what I was assigned to do? I was assigned to clean toilets. That’s right—despite having just graduated
some of the most difficult military training in the world, despite being assigned to an
“elite” commando unit—my first mission at the actual SEAL Team was to clean toilets. Not exactly a glorious job. But you know what? I did it. I did it to the best of my ability and took
pride in doing it well. And that attitude got noticed: if I cared
that much about how clean the toilets were, people knew I would do a good job with even
more important assignments. After a short period of time, I got those
more important assignments. But it was humility that opened the door for
me. Now, being humble does not mean that you shouldn’t
be confident. You certainly have to believe that you are
a capable person. But don’t let confidence turn into arrogance. So keep your ego in check and stay humble. The third and final principle: Take. Ownership. Of. Everything. I call this “Extreme Ownership.” In the military, the best leaders and the
best troops were the ones that took ownership of everything in their world—not just the
things they were responsible for, but for every challenge and obstacle that impacted
their mission. When something went wrong: They cast no blame,
they made no excuses. They took ownership of the problem and fixed it. You can implement this attitude as well—not
only in your job, but in your life. Let other people blame their parents, their
boss, or the system. Let weaker people complain that the world
isn’t fair. You are the leader of your life: take ownership
of everything in it. So: be disciplined in all that you do. Don’t subject yourself to the whims of motivation. Stay humble and be willing to do what needs
to be done. And: take extreme ownership of your life and
everything in it. Then: choose the hard path—the path of responsibility,
hard work, and sacrifice. The Path of discipline, humility, and ownership
that ultimately leads to freedom. If you follow these principles, then nothing
in the world will stop you. I’m Jocko Willink, host of the Jocko Podcast
and author of Extreme Ownership, for Prager University.
Yes PragerU is a pretty terrible source but this vid is pretty good. Be a bit more civil kings, we're better than this. Let's not discredit a source just because it usually sucks, A broken clock and all that still applies.
Please report anything that breaks to rules too!
Motherfucker looks like Senator Armstrong
PragerU? Ngl king that's pretty cringe 😬
easy times create weak men, weak men create hard times, hard times create strong men, strong men create easy times
I'm seeing a lot of NeoCons in these comments. Your ass is on thin fucking ice.
ah, pragerU. mostly totally reasonable conservative opinions followed by occasional israeli propaganda
PragerU? Nah
PragerU is Conversative Inc. trash
My only issue with this video is that, while the general message is really good, sometimes it's truly the system's fault. Those are the times, imo, where you have to step up and try to change it.
I mean, sometimes, there are actual "injustices". We should do what we can to fix them. This video seems to imply that every bad things that happens to us, it's our fault.