It also boosts the production of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), a protein that helps with mental processes. It releases brain chemicals that help cognition, like: dopamine, glutamate, norepinephrine, and serotonin. It improves synaptic plasticity, the ability for neurons to send and receive messages. It boosts growth hormones that promote growth of new nerve cells. ![]() Those changes will help prevent or treat the following health issues: high blood pressure, obesity, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, insomnia, and depression…Working out will make you smarter. By working out, you will increase your endorphins, testosterone, growth hormones, cardiac volume, insulin sensitivity, and natural killer cells.You have to prove yourself all over again. The problem is they all also result in long-term misery…Don’t do what makes you happy. The problem comes when people decide to let that ethos drive their daily life…These actions all result in short-term happiness. DO WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY…When you view things in your life from a long-term, strategic perspective, then absolutely: Do what makes you happy.I am going to do what I am supposed to do. It doesn’t matter if I feel good or bad or excited or bored or happy or sad. People ask me, “How are you doing?”…If I were to speak truthfully when people asked me how I was doing, I would tell them: “It doesn’t matter how I’m doing.” Because that’s the truth.Don’t expect to be motivated every day to get out there and make things happen. It is unreliable and when you are counting on motivation to get your goals accomplished-you will likely fall short. We have the opportunity to figure out a solution…Accept reality, but focus on the solution. ![]() It’s better to tap out in training than to tap out on the street. Go out, gain more experience, and build a better resume. Didn’t get the new high-speed gear we wanted? Good. He would pull me aside with some major problem or some issue that was going on, and he’d say, “Boss, we’ve got this thing, this situation, and it’s going terribly wrong.” I would look at him and I’d say:“ Good.”…So I explained to him that when things are going bad, there’s going to be some good that will come from it…Oh, mission got canceled? Good. ![]() How do I deal with setbacks, failures, delays, defeats, or other disasters? I actually have a fairly simple way of dealing with these situations, summed up in one word: “Good.” This is something that one of my direct subordinates, one of the guys who worked for me, a guy who became one of my best friends, pointed out.In fact: The only thing valuable in regret is the lesson you learned. We are the product of our mistakes…The most important thing to learn is that we have so much to learn…The most important thing to understand about regret is that in and of itself, regret is worthless.(Affiliate Link)īelow are some of my highlights, taken directly from the book during my reading… If you are looking for a field manual to help you with both mental and physical toughness, I encourage you to read this book. I love that he doesn’t pull any punches and doesn’t allow any room for us to make excuses. Willink knows a thing or two about mental toughness since he was a Navy Seal. One of my development plans this year is to focus on mindset and mental toughness. ![]() I recently read Discipline Equals Freedom by Jocko Willink. For more details see my disclosure policy and privacy policy. Purchasing via an affiliate link doesn’t cost you any extra, and I only recommend products and services I trust. They make that choice.” -Jocko Willink Shawn L Welch Click to tweetĭisclosure: This post contains affiliate links and I receive a commission if you visit a link and buy something on my recommendation. “It is not about nature or nurture: It is about choice…The people who are successful decide they are going to be successful.
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