Jocko Willink

And so if you take Kobe Bryant's advice, which is that boos don't block dunks, and the idea that you can get so good at something that people can't stop you from succeeding,

It's that one time where I have an hour or hour and a half every day.

It's dark out.

It's quiet.

I don't have my phone.

There's no notifications.

My mind is clear.

It is some of the most powerful moments of my day.

I need that more mentally than physically.

And what used to happen during those morning runs is that solitude provided me

ideas for where to take the business how to grow the team who needs hired who needs fired what can we do from a customer acquisition standpoint strategy to to scale and keep growing and i i was filled my cup was filled during those morning runs on how to grow this business

you're gonna figure out, okay, what your purpose is.

Find opportunities and areas of solitude and presence and quietness and eliminate distractions and just stop being busy.

Just be present because when you are, you're going to make up so much ground in that time.

Your mind is clear.

It is thinking, it is firing, it is optimized.

But why on earth would you wonder?

This thing you're so uncertain about is literally you.

There's nothing in this world you have more control over than yourself.

But if you decide to wake up every day, surrender that control to chance, I guess you'll be stuck wondering forever.