Jocko Willink

So 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.

Extreme ownership is...

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.

And this is a very difficult thing to do because it hurts.

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 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.