Jocko Willink

And then nothing changes.

Well, unfortunately, what happens a lot, and you may or may not have seen this, but I would assume you've seen this at some point in your life.

People, and this is a term, there's a term, it's rock bottom, right?

This is a term that we hear for someone that's addicted, someone that's an alcoholic, someone that's physically let themselves go, someone that's put themselves into a situation with their finances or their work or whatever, where they reach rock bottom.

And that rock bottom, what happens is you've, I believe what rock bottom is, is as you look around all the excuses that you've made, they're not there anymore.

And so now what rock bottom is, you realize that this problem, whether it's alcohol, whether it's your finances, the problem is you.

And normally, or hopefully in the best case scenario, rock bottom is the beginning of the upward climb, the upward path.

Sometimes rock bottom leads to disaster and complete abandonment of hope.

But when the excuses all go away and people can actually confront the fact that this is all because of me and this is, it hurts, but it's also unbelievably empowering because if these problems are because of me, then I'm

capable of fixing these problems.

So even though extreme ownership hurts and is painful, it's also liberating because now you have control over your fate and over your destiny.

And that is a glorious thing.

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 I know it's a counterintuitive, it's contrarian, but I've seen this over and over and over again.

If you want freedom in your life, you have to have discipline.

Spit them out.