US Navy SEAL Jocko Willink: Discipline is a Pathway to Creativity

“Discipline is a pathway to creativity. When you’re on the battlefield, it’s an exercise in creativity.”

Creativity doesn’t just mean being an artist or a writer.

It means thinking with an open, not closed, mind–pushing yourself beyond the borders of your current limiting thoughts.

It means asking yourself open-ended questions that begin with who, what, where, when, why, and how.

Such as:

 

 

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  • Who can I ask to help me?
  • Where can I go?
  • When can I reach my goal?
  • What steps do I need to take?
  • How can I help and support myself in reaching it?
  • What is my why for doing this? Why do I want the goal?
  • And so on.

    <li><strong>What's your take on discipline?</strong></li>
    <li><strong>What is it that generates creativity, do you think?</strong></li>
    <li><strong>When do you need discipline the most?</strong></li>
    <li><strong>How can you create it?</strong></li>
    <li><strong>What steps do you need to take?</strong></li>
    <li><strong>Where can you get support?</strong></li>
    <li><strong>Why is this important to you?</strong></li>
    

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