Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual

The shortcut is a lie.

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I didn’t know when. I didn’t know where. But I knew that at some point: We would meet.

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I will not let them down.

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“When is the best time to start?”

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HERE and NOW.

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GET AFTER IT.

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Learn from their strengths and mimic and copy them in what they do well. But equally as important: Learn from their faults.

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The only person you can control is you.

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Discipline your body. Free your mind. Get up early, and go. Get after it and you will become the person you want to be. And you become that person through:         One. Small. Decision. At. A. Time.

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People ask me, “How do I get tougher?” BE TOUGHER. “How can I wake up early in the morning?” WAKE UP EARLY. “How can I work out consistently every day?” WORK OUT CONSISTENTLY EVERY DAY. “How can I stop eating sugar?” STOP EATING SUGAR.

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Humans can withstand almost inconceivable stress—and you can too.

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Gain perspective.

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Fight weak emotions with the power of logic; fight the weakness of logic with the power of emotion.

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The people who are successful decide they are going to be successful. They make that choice.

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And I will tell you something else: It is never too late to make that choice.

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I want you to be horrified—terrified— of sitting on the sidelines and doing nothing.

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This is the instinct that says: You can rest now. Do not listen to that instinct. DO NOT LISTEN.

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But most important: Do something about it. Every day. Every day: Do something that moves you toward that goal—that keeps that goal alive and in sight and in focus. However small or insignificant that step might seem—take it. Do it.

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What should you do? Step. Step.    Take the step.

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As long as you keep fighting—you win. Only surrender is defeat.

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To fight against The Darkness is to win.

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