[[Notes]]
- Topics: [[Productivity]], [[Persistence]]
- People: [[Casey Neistat]], [[Jocko Willink]]
- Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-Cvl3_CH2A
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## Summary
- [[Discipline equals freedom]].
- [[Know why you're doing what you're doing, and get it done]].
- [[Purpose is what powers everything]].
- [[Today matters]]. It's taking one stroke swimming in the right direction heading towards the shore.
- [[Do the boring purposeful thing right now and feel good the rest of the day]].
- Win the morning. Win today. Win tomorrow.
## Notes
- Early mornings provide total focus because you're away while the "world" is asleep.
- "My runs always happen". (CN).
- "6-10PM is family time, and tit's non--negotiable". (CN).
- Make time for yourself. "[[Take care of the things that are important to you]]". (JW)
- [[Cultivate the discipline it takes to win the morning battle between your snoozable alarm and your comfortable bed]]. Claim victory - the first of many for the rest of your day.
- [[If you have the discipline to get out of bed - you win]]. (JW)
- [[Let discipline dire the compounding victories for the rest of your day(s)]].
- "Sometimes you have to stop looking at the short term thing... what is the long term goal that I'm looking at." (JW).
- "[[Today matters]]. It's me taking one stroke swimming in the right direction heading towards the shore". (JW).
- [[Know why you're doing what you're doing, and get it done]].
- "[[Discipline equals freedom]]." (JW)
- [[Do the boring purposeful thing right now and feel good the rest of the day]].
- We are always in the process of building - goals, relationships, knowledge, happiness, etc... [[Build the things that matter most - things that will serve you and the people who most matter]].
- "[[Leaders must own everything in their world. There is no one else to blame.]]"
- "[[Purpose is what powers everything]]".
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