Jocko Willink

There's a medical reason.

There's a family problem.

There's very few people that look at you and say, oh, I quit because it sucked, which is what happens to the vast majority of people.

The vast majority of people that don't make it through SEAL training, they didn't make it through because they quit.

Your excuses will destroy you and take everything that you ever wanted from you if you let them.

When your excuses make you feel a little bit better about the fact that you didn't execute on what you needed to execute on, then they can make you feel better.

But they're not helping you.

They're not helping you at all.

This went wrong.

This failed.

Didn't accomplish this.

And it's not the fault of my boss.

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, 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 those problems is because of me, that can hurt.

That can sting.