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    “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. It doesn’t matter if I feel good or bad or excited or bored or happy or sad. It doesn’t matter. I am going to do what I am supposed to do.”

    Jocko Willink, Discipline Equals Freedom (Page 105)

      “People ask where discipline comes from. I tell them it comes from within. But there is a level deeper. Discipline comes from The Truth. The Truth is the framework of discipline. And if you lie to yourself, you will not find discipline. If you lie to yourself, you will not be disciplined.”

      Jocko Willink, Discipline Equals Freedom (Page 99)

        “There is no love in the future. Love can exist only in the present moment. A man who does not manifest love in the present does not love at all.”

        Leo Tolstoy, A Calendar of Wisdom (Page 215)

          “When the suffering of another creature causes you to feel pain, do not submit to the initial desire to flee from the suffering one, but on the contrary, come closer, as close as you can to him who suffers, and try to help him.”

          Leo Tolstoy, A Calendar of Wisdom (Page 214)

            “Sure: Life is tough. But it gets a lot easier when you are laughing at it. So. Despite the suffering. In fact: To spite the suffering; to spite the hardships; to spite the challenges—laugh at them all. They can’t stand it when you do. And they all get easier. Yes: Laugh at them all. Laughter wins.”

            Jocko Willink, Discipline Equals Freedom (Page 89)

              “By picking their own punishments, children become more internally driven to avoid them. By choosing their own rewards, children become more intrinsically motivated to achieve them. Let your kids take a greater role in raising themselves.”

              Bruce Feiler, The Secrets of Happy Families

                “A recent wave of research shows that children who eat dinner with their families are less likely to drink, smoke, do drugs, get pregnant, commit suicide, and develop eating disorders. Additional research found that children who enjoy family meals have larger vocabularies, better manners, healthier diets, and higher self-esteem.”

                Bruce Feiler, The Secrets of Happy Families