Here is today’s Game and what’s going on.
Here is what I discovered today in our Dadly Daily Declaration reading from Discipline Equals Freedom by Jocko Willink.
The title of today’s reading is “Bad Instincts.” Let’s jump in:
- There is one instinct to be wary of – one that you must fight. This one is a liar. This one is a saboteur – a backbiter. And he’s a shape-shifter…He will disguise himself..make you think that he has got your best interests in mind. But he doesn’t.
- This is the instinct that says: You’ve had enough. You’ve given it your best shot. You can stand down. You can take a knee.
- This is the instinct that says: You can rest now. Do not listen to that instinct.
- That instinct is a liar and wants to bring you down.
- This instinct is a defense mechanism for your ego. It gives you an out – a place to run to. A place of sympathy and amnesty, where all can be forgiven.
- This is the instinct you need to fight. To push back and to smash into the ground.
Those gems lead us to today’s Dadly Daily Declaration:
Do not take the easy way out. Do not give up based on instinct. If you are forced to stand down – to retreat so that you can rebuild and re-attack – so be it. But make that decision based on logic – not on the instinct of surrender and defeat. Destroy that instinct. Replace it with the instinct that says:
GET UP. GO. FIGHT ON.
Make that your fundamental reaction to adversity. Make that your gut instinct and you will overcome anything that stands in your path.
