The first function of leadership is discipline, and that discipline starts with yourself. It is us.
We have to train. We have to prepare. We have to harden ourselves through suffering.
And while it hurts, discipline is what will ultimately bring us excellence.
We have to train. We have to prepare. We have to harden ourselves through suffering.
And while it hurts, discipline is what will ultimately bring us excellence.
"Be strong in heart, firm, and confident, always expecting victory, not defeat, whether or not you are on top, for whatever the situation, you will always do well because of the good hopes that you have."
— Geoffroi de Charny
— Geoffroi de Charny
“Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.”
— Seneca
— Seneca
Life isn’t easy. And it’s not supposed to be. Sure, there’s victories and there’s triumphs. But there’s also losses and setbacks. But those losses and setbacks only win if you let them. So don’t let them. No matter what happens, keep going, keep getting after it.
Do not take the easy way out.
Do not give up based on instinct.
If you are forced to stand down, to retreat so you can rebuild and re-attack, so be it.
But make that decision based on logic, not on the instinct of surrender and defeat.
Do not give up based on instinct.
If you are forced to stand down, to retreat so you can rebuild and re-attack, so be it.
But make that decision based on logic, not on the instinct of surrender and defeat.
You should be afraid.
Of waking up in six days, or six weeks, or six years, or sixty years and being no closer to your goal. You've made no progress.
That is the horror. That is the nightmare.
Of waking up in six days, or six weeks, or six years, or sixty years and being no closer to your goal. You've made no progress.
That is the horror. That is the nightmare.
"I suspect every soldier at one time or another experiences a degree of fear. Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the willingness to rise above fear and do the things you know need to be accomplished."
— Dick Winters
— Dick Winters
“Unimpaired prosperity cannot withstand a single blow, but he who has struggled constantly with his ills becomes hardened through suffering; and yields to no misfortune; nay, even if he falls, he still fights upon his knees.”
— Seneca
— Seneca
"...not self-preservation, but the desire to appropriate, to become master, to become more, to become stronger."
— Nietzsche
— Nietzsche