David Goggins

It's not the fault of my girlfriend.

It's not the fault of my parents.

It's not the fault of the weather.

It's my fault.

And I'm going to take ownership of it and I'm going to fix it.

That's what extreme ownership is.

Because when you look around at your life and you look around at your job and your financial situation and your relationship and your physical health, and when you look at all those things and all the problems that you may have with those things, and you say, the reason I have all of those problems is because of me, that can hurt, that can sting.

And a lot of times our ego rejects that.

and makes excuses and lies.

And then we don't have to change anything.

And then nothing changes.

When the excuses all go away, and people can actually confront the fact that this is all because of me, it hurts, but is also unbelievably empowering.

Because the more discipline you have in your life, the more freedom you will end up with.

So if you lack the discipline to exercise and eat healthy, you will end up being a slave to disease.

If you lack the discipline to work hard, save your money, you will end up a slave to finances.

If you lack the discipline to manage your time correctly, you will end up with no free time.

If you have self-discipline, if you have the discipline to save your money and work hard and invest your money properly, if you have the discipline to manage your time correctly and not waste a bunch of time, if you have the discipline to exercise and eat healthy, you will end up with freedom.

And you're gonna start to progress in every aspect of your life.

And you'll see that if you have that kind of discipline right now,

you're gonna end up with freedom.