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“A Vietnam veteran SEAL compared SEAL training to the forging of a samurai sword: heat the metal, pound it with a hammer, stick it in cold water, and repeat the process approximately 2,000 times. He said no one can sustain that kind of punishment without first knowing *why* they want to be a SEAL. Knowing why enables the trainee to endure the pounding he endures.”

Alden Mills

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“He eventually came to appreciate what a storm represents—an opportunity to learn and excel. What would you do and, more importantly, how would you feel if you treated every adversity as an opportunity to excel?”

Alden Mills

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“Prepare for the worst, expect the best, take what comes with a smile.”

Alden Mills

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“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

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“When you come to understand your ‘why,’ you will figure out your way. And once you do this, you will come to appreciate that we have only two limitations in life: our ability to dream and the courage to follow those dreams.”

Alden Mills

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“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘Press On’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”

Calvin Coolidge

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“Leadership is simple, but not easy.”

Jocko Willink and Leif Babin

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“Discipline equals freedom.”

Jocko Willink and Leif Babin

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“Leaders must determine the highest priority task and execute. When overwhelmed, fall back upon this principle: Prioritize and Execute.”

Jocko Willink and Leif Babin

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“When something goes wrong—and it eventually does—complex plans add to confusion, which can compound into disaster. Almost no mission ever goes according to plan. There are simply too many variables to deal with. This is where simplicity is key.”

Jocko Willink and Leif Babin

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“As the U.S. Naval hero of the American Revolution and Father of the U.S. Navy, John Paul Jones, said: “Those who will not risk cannot win.’”

Jocko Willink and Leif Babin

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“Their success illustrated once again that leadership is the most important thing on any battlefield; it is the single greatest factor in whether a team succeeds or fails. A leader must find a way to become effective and drive high performance within his or her team in order to win. Whether in SEAL training, in combat on distant battlefields, in business, or in life: there are no bad teams, only bad leaders.”

Jocko Willink and Leif Babin

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“There are no negative repercussions to Extreme Ownership,’ I said. ‘There are only two types of leaders: effective and ineffective. Effective leaders that lead successful, high-performance teams exhibit Extreme Ownership. Anything else is simply ineffective. Anything else is bad leadership.”

Jocko Willink and Leif Babin

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“The mercenary fights for the buck, the soldier fights because he is ordered to, but the warrior fights for a cause.”

Richard Machowicz

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“The quality of your internal dialogue determines the quality of your exterior performance.”

Richard Machowicz

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“Human beings need mountains to climb, we need frontiers to explore. We have to reach for the impossible, or something in us dies.”

Richard Machowicz

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“One of the most important things I have ever heard about successful people is, ‘Successful people do what unsuccessful people are unwilling to do.’”

Richard Machowicz

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“Nothing breeds confidence better than accomplishment. Momentum is critical in developing a level of confidence that you can count on when you need it most!”

Richard Machowicz

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“What is focus? My humble attempt at a definition of the word focus is this: when clarity, concentration, and action converge to create a specific result in the present.”

Richard Machowicz

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“But above all what mattered was this: You don’t have to like it, you just have to do it. Stand up, shake it off, and keep going.”

Richard Machowicz

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