Jocko Willink

It's like ordering an Uber and never knowing if it's going to arrive or not.

You think, well, I'm just stood here doing the thing, but I don't know if it's going to come out on the other side.

And I can promise you, anybody that has done anything, moved from any place they were to any place that they want to be, has gone through this lonely chapter.

The pushback you are getting is the indicator that you are doing the right thing.

It is.

And if you can reframe the distaste that you get from other people as the same as that,

I make the big bucks because I execute.

True winners understand that what drives improvement the most is a sense of desperation.

The most valuable skills, the highest standards come when you literally have no choice.

When it's do or die and your back's against the wall and having zero other options.

is what forces you to get better.

It's what drives you to become the best and equips you with the tools you need to succeed long term.

This is why winners love it when they lack resources and their backs against the wall.

They love when there's no other options because it forces action.

So no matter what's happening, you got to get the job done.

We've got people who make excuses, who want to blame society, blame their circumstances.

But we also got people who are intense, who have urgency, who understand the need to win on everything.

every opportunity presented to them.

We've got people that understand there is no time to sit on your hands and wait.

We have people that understand that they have to go out and do everything they can to make sure that not only do they get the job done, but that they are the best at it.