“Discipline equals Freedom.”

While this initially seemed counterintuitive to me (shouldn’t discipline mean less freedom and more restrictions?), listening to Jocko’s podcasts help it make incredible sense. Being disciplined and having your skills honed can actually provide you with more freedom than you could ever imagine. Jocko uses the example of the SEALs to explain… their immense training and discipline prepares them to act and react with incredible speed and without fear of failure. Navy SEALs are often not successful because everything goes according to plan, but because they are so disciplined in their training that they know how to interpret and deal with situations, which actually gives them more freedom to act.