347 Quotes by Jocko Willink

While discipline and freedom seem like they sit on opposite sides of the spectrum, they are actually very connected.

When your feelings are screaming that you have had enough when you think you are going to break emotionally, override that emotion with concrete logic and willpower that says one thing: I don’t stop.

When you’re too embarrassed to ask for help, that’s a little knock at your door saying, ‘You’re Insecure’.

When you think you can’t take any more… Guess what? You can – It’s proven by the stories of ordinary people in war.

When setting expectations, no matter what has been said or written, if substandard performance is accepted and no one is held accountable — if there are no consequences — that poor performance becomes the new standard. Therefore, leaders must enforce standards.

When personal agendas become more important than the team and the overarching mission’s success, performance suffers and failure ensues.

When I was running training, we would fire a couple of leaders from every SEAL team because they couldn’t lead. And 99.9% of the time, it wasn’t a question of their ability – it was a question of their ability to listen.

What makes you a SEAL, what makes you a SEAL is being a good tactician on the battlefield, understanding how to shoot, move, and communicate, knowing small unit maneuver warfare.

Weakness is strong. I must be stronger.