Jocko Willink Quotes

Browse 7 quotes from Jocko Willink, featuring insights on success, personal growth, leadership, mindset, and achievement.
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Discipline equals freedom.
Don’t count on motivation. Count on discipline.
The test is not a complex one: when the alarm goes off, do you get up out of bed, or do you lie there in comfort and fall back to sleep?
Don’t expect to be motivated every day to get out there and make things happen. You won’t be. Don’t count on motivation. Count on discipline.
Leaders must own everything in their world. There is no one else to blame.
Take ownership of everything in your world. Take ownership of your mistakes. Take ownership of your shortfalls. Take ownership of your problems. And then take ownership of the solutions that will get those problems solved.
There are no bad teams, only bad leaders.

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