Jesus-loving, wife-serving, child-raising pastor guy who also reads a lot and is an avid board gamer
St Charles, MO
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Rob Prather retweeted
"Discipline is the art of not betraying yourself." - Marcus Aurelius
Most people think discipline is punishment…
The stoics saw it differently...
To them, discipline was loyalty to the future version of yourself.
Because every time you ignore what you know you should do, something inside you weakens...
Quietly.
One more excuse.
One broken promise.
One more day wasted.
One avoided responsibility.
And eventually... self-betrayal becomes habit.
The terrifying part is that the mind remembers all of it...
Every retreat.
Every compromise.
Every time we choose comfort over growth.
Even when we pretend it doesn't.
This is why undisciplined people often lose self-respect slowly.
Not because they are incapable... but because deep down, they know how often they abandoned themselves.
Marcus Aurelius feared this deeply...
Becoming a person ruled by impulse instead of principle.
Because every act of discipline strengthens identity.
And every act of self-betrayal weakens it.
So here is my challenge to you...
Examine discipline differently than modern self-improvement does.
Not as productivity...
But as internal allegiance.
A war between the higher self and the impulses constantly trying to corrupt it.
Execute. Execute. Execute.
-Nick
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Rob Prather retweeted
Motivation may get us started.
Discipline is what helps us keep going, especially when leadership gets hard.
Rob Prather retweeted
One of the most powerful things that you can do as a leader is give up your right to be right.
Rob Prather retweeted
Don't sacrifice relationships for progress.
You are nothing without the people to your left and right.
Rob Prather retweeted
Your investment in developing your people results in a team of leaders at every level who solve problems, make things happen, and move the team toward the goal.
The AWESOME admins of the 3 schools I drive bus for teamed up to get me this polo from @echelonfront as a “thank you”!
I recommended and gifted copies to them, they read it, then we all met and discussed what EO would look like in our lives, schools, and our district! 🤩
Rob Prather retweeted
How to “get lucky”…
Stay in the game. Be kind. Service to others. Be humble. Recognize opportunities. Be respectful. Work hard.
Eventually “luck” will find you.
Rob Prather retweeted
Organizations are always paying for leadership, whether proactively through training or reactively through turnover, low morale, and poor performance
I’ve read all of these at least twice, some of them 3 to 5 times… As well as owning and having read through all five of the kids books with my son… Am I OK? 🤣 #notsponsored #extremeownership #bookcollection
Rob Prather retweeted
You don’t need more motivation…
You need more repetition.
One productive habit executed daily will do more for your life than a hundred pep talks.
What an absolutely incredible read… building on the premise of Extreme Ownership, @davidrberke gives insight into the solution to EVERY problem: leadership
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Rob Prather retweeted
Culture is the ultimate form of Decentralized Command.
Culture drives the standards of performance, which build trust, improve communication, and streamline execution.
I’ve read Extreme Ownership 5 times, Dichotomy of Leadership once, and I’m 100 pages into The Need to Lead. These books have changed the way I operate everywhere: home, work, at grocery store, church, troop. You’re a leader, and need to read these books… still learning lessons!
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Rob Prather retweeted
When setting expectations, no matter what has been said or written, if substandard performance is accepted and no one is held accountable—if there are no consequences—that poor performance becomes the new standard.
Rob Prather retweeted
Extreme Ownership requires leaders to look at an organization’s problems through the objective lens of reality, without emotional attachments to agendas or plans.
Rob Prather retweeted
99% of every problem in your life is either:
- A decision you made.
- A decision you are avoiding.
- A boundary you won’t set.
- A boundary you won’t enforce.
That’s it.
