Jocko Willink

I can't explain it any better than that.

What changed?

I changed and I stopped being a victim.

I stopped saying, I've got to wait for good things to happen to me.

And I said, I'm going to grind.

I'm going to fight.

I'm going to work.

I'm going to press toward.

I'm going to learn.

I'm going to do everything in my power every single day.

I'm going to do everything in my power to become a victor and not a victim.

Do not say, this is going to be a part of my life because somebody told you it was going to be a part of your life.

You need to start rejecting some of the stuff people are telling you.

You need to stop embracing it.

Just because they said it, it doesn't mean it's true for you.

Just because you don't believe, just because you're going to be in poverty, just because your marriage ain't going to work out, just because your kids aren't going to be successful, I'm not owning that.

That's not my life.

And the reason why I say it's my fault, even when it's not my fault, because when I say it's your fault, I give you power.

I give you control over my life.

And I will never give another human control over my life.