29 Mind-blowing Quotes from Discipline Equals Freedom By Jocko Willink
Discipline Equals Freedom by Jocko Willink is a really interesting and original book. It not only teaches you how you can achieve your goals and dreams but it also instructs you what you should eat. This book contains very useful information about the kind of foods you should or should not eat if you want to lose weight and stay fit. As I love going on a diet so I followed the advice in the book. In a few weeks, I lost so much weight that I then had to go off the diet. I still follow this diet but I don’t follow it very strictly (because I do not need to). The book also contains information about exercise. I skipped that part because I don’t like to work out.
Anyone desiring to lose weight should try to follow the advice in this book for at least a month.If you don't lose any pounds you can stop the diet but you WILL lose weight.Just following the diet regimen will make you fit. I did not do any of the exercises that he explains at the end of the book or stayed hungry more than 4-6 hours and still got results. This book will really make you stronger, smarter, faster and healthier.
Here are the quotes that I love:
''To reach goals and overcome obstacles and become the best version of you possible will not happen by itself. It will not happen cutting corners, taking shortcuts, or looking for the easy way.THERE IS NO EASY WAY.''
― Jocko Willink, Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual
''How do you become stronger, smarter, faster, healthier? How do you become better?How do you achieve true freedom?
There is only one way.
THE WAY OF DISCIPLINE.''
― Jocko Willink, Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual
''you can have discipline imposed on you by a person, like a drill instructor,.. but the reality is: He won’t give you real discipline.Because that external discipline is not strong. It will not survive.It cannot stand on its own.What you are looking for,what you need, is SELF-DISCIPLINE.''
― Jocko Willink, Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual
''Here is the reality:
That idea isn’t going to execute itself.
That book isn’t going to write itself.
Those weights out in the gym—they aren’t going to move themselves.
YOU HAVE TO DO IT.
And you have to do it now. So stop thinking about it. Stop dreaming about it.''
― Jocko Willink, Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual
''People are not who you want them to be. Kill your idols. Sure there are things we can learn from people —but people aren’t going to be what you think they are—what they should be.''
― Jocko Willink, Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual
''Don’t let your mind control you.Control your mind. And then you can:
SET IT FREE.''
''If the stress is something that you can control and you are not, that is a lack of discipline and a lack of ownership.Get control of it. Impose your will to make it happen. Solve the problem. Relieve the stress.If the stress is something you can’t control: Embrace it.''
― Jocko Willink, Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual
''The enemy is always watching. Waiting. Looking for that moment of weakness.Looking for you to exhale, set your weapon down, and close your eyes, even just for a moment.
And that’s when they attack.
So don’t be finished.
Be starting. Be alert. Be ready. Be attacking.
BE RELENTLESS.
Let the enemy stop. Let the enemy rest. Let the enemy finish.
You? Don’t finish. Don’t stop. Don’t rest.
Not until the enemy is completely destroyed.''
― Jocko Willink, Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual
''[Discipline is] about treating people the way you would want to be treated.It is about doing the tasks you don’t want to do, but you know will help you.Discipline is about facing your fears so you can conquer them.Discipline means taking the hard road—the uphill road.
To do what is right.For you and for others.''
― Jocko Willink, Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual
''Discipline can seem like your worst enemy.But in reality it is your best friend.It will take care of you like nothing else can.And it will put you on the path to strength and health and intelligence and happiness.And most important, discipline will put you on the path to FREEDOM.''
― Jocko Willink, Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual
''The people who are successful decide they are going to be successful. They make that choice.And they make other choices. They decide to study hard. They decide to work hard. They decide to be the first person to get to work and the last to go home. They decide they are going to take on the hard jobs. Take on the challenges. They decide they are going to lead when no one else will.They choose who they are going to hang around and they choose who they will emulate.They choose to become who they want to become—they aren’t inhibited by nature or nurture. They overcome both.''
― Jocko Willink, Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual
''Those donuts aren’t food.THEY ARE POISON.Same with the chocolate chip cookies, the double Dutch chocolate cake, the can of soda, the bag of potato chips, and the pretzel-wrapped hot dogs.All that junk isn’t food. It doesn’t fuel you. It kills you. It literally kills you.It isn’t going to make you stronger, faster, healthier, smarter, or better.It’s going to do the opposite.
And you know this.''
― Jocko Willink, Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual
''Unless you have gone an extended period of time without food, you don’t need to eat.And you definitely don’t need to eat that [junk food] poison.YOU DON’T NEED TO EAT.You don’t even know what hungry is. Humans can go thirty days without food.''
― Jocko Willink, Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual''The most important thing to understand about regret is that in and of itself, regret is worthless. It does nothing for you. In fact: The only thing valuable in regret is the lesson you learned.The knowledge you gained…So Learn and move on.''
― Jocko Willink, Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual
''Most of us aren’t defeated in one decisive battle.We are defeated one tiny, seemingly insignificant surrender at a time that chips away at who we should really be. We sleep in a little later.We miss a workout, then another.We start to eat what we shouldn’t eat and drink what we shouldn’t drink.And, without realizing it—one day, you wake up and you have become something that you never would have allowed.''
― Jocko Willink, Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual
''Life can be overwhelming. That’s the way life works. It is testing you. It is going to throw problems at you and it is going to throw them at you all at the same time..It is easy to feel beaten when you are faced with all those problems at once.
But let me tell you, that does not mean give up fighting.
In fact: It means the opposite.
It is time for you to fight harder.''
― Jocko Willink, Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual''Let challenges raise you up—let them elevate you.Let their demands and their trials make you stronger—let the adversity you face today turn you into a better person tomorrow.''
''While you are over there watching me and talking about me—I’m working.
I’m working hard. I’m taking things to the next level.
You keep gossiping—I’ll keep working.
You keep talking smack—I’ll keep working.
You keep chattering about things—I’ll keep working.
You keep focusing on what everyone else is doing wrong—I’ll keep focusing on what I can do RIGHT.
And when you finally look around at where you are and where I am—you will realize that you have nothing to talk smack about.
Because you will lose.
And I. Will. Win.''
― Jocko Willink, Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual
''Discipline and willpower do not go down as they are called into action—they actually get stronger.''
― Jocko Willink, Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual
''1. Treat every gun as if it is loaded.
2. Never point your gun at something you are not willing to destroy.
3. Keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on target.
4. Always be sure of your target and what is behind it.''
― Jocko Willink, Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual
''In the world today, conflict and danger can occur anytime and anywhere. So it is important to maintain situational awareness at all times. Pay attention to your surroundings. Look at suspicious people. Look at unsuspicious people. What are they doing? Where are they going? What are they looking at? Assess.While you assess, think of contingencies. Where is your closest escape route? Where is the closest cover and concealment—‘cover’ being a place to shield you from bullets and ‘concealment’ being a place to hide.''
― Jocko Willink, Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual
''If you are maintaining situational awareness, you should be very hard to surprise. If you sense something is going wrong or you sense a threat, proactively move away from it. Walk to the other side of the street.Accelerate your car. Walk out the door. Don’t wait for things to get worse.''
― Jocko Willink, Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual
''There are times during travel and work and life when the right foods simply are not available. In an airport or an office party or a restaurant where you are having a business meeting. My solution to that is very simple: Don’t eat. It’s called a fast, and it is actually very good for you.''
― Jocko Willink, Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual
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