Spoiler alert bin Laden dies at the end of it
We knew we weren't coming home from that mission we were gonna die
We're gonna get shot down on the way in
we're gonna run out of fuel and
Just be in Pakistan and live our short short miserable lives in a Pakistani prison if anyone's gonna blow himself up its bin Laden
We're not coming back the guy that ended up in the point man position taking me up the stairs of bin Laden's bedroom
He he pulled me aside before we left and he said don't take this the wrong way. I'm going
But if we know we're gonna die why are we going?
Which is just legit he wanted to say it out loud, and I said, that's that's a good point
We are not going for Fame and we are not going for bravado
we are going for the single mom who dropped her kids off at elementary school on a Tuesday morning and
Then 45 minutes later. She jumped to her death out of a skyscraper
because that was a better alternative than burning alive because
2,500 degrees inside and her last gesture of human decency
Was to hold her skirt down so nobody could see her underwear as she committed suicide
And she didn't want to do any of that. She was supposed to be in the fight. We're supposed to fight. That's why we're going
we were a
Week and a half into planning that big mission
We had some of the best minds planning the mission to kill bin Laden and we rehearsed the perfect plan over and over and over
Every day with real helicopters on a real training site
14 hours a day and then afterwards we'd talk about it around a table with and with the replica and one night
The boss said all right guys, what's the worst thing that could happen and the youngest guy in the room said well
Hey the helicopter could crash in the front yard
There's like what I mean. Can we talk about that for 20 seconds and that happened?
But we were able to take a potentially catastrophic event turn it into something great because of our preparation
No matter what we never quit
People would be so close to a goal
95% of the way there and have a bad day, and then throw their hands, you know or a series of bad days
That's it I quit I'm done. You know you were not having a bad life. You're having a bad day
Now saying never quit and never quitting are two different things, so I need to tell you a story
You're in the Navy
so you know how to tie a lot of knots the the
Test is go tight a series of knots with this rope around that rope so the instructor will say oh go
Okay, go tie a bowline knot
So you hold your breath and swim down there tie a bowline knot in your back off. It's been about a minute
He comes back down and checks it. Okay. That's good
So he untie the bowline knot you go back up
You get one breath of air enough time for him to tell you about not number two
So it would be like okay, go tie a square knot the test is simple tie five knots in a row you pass
Now they give you a certain amount of attempts at each test
But a friend of mine named John was on his last attempt. You know he if he doesn't do all five right now
They're gonna kick him out today. He'll never be a seal lifelong dream. That's a lot of pressure on his fifth not
Attempt he drowned
so the instructor swam down to get him he
straddled John and started immediately with the sternum rub trying to get him to cough it up then he started CPR and
We could actually hear him saying to John you'll come back to the light
So John was out for a minute and a half
Finally spit up all the water out of his lungs and the first words out of his mouth work. Did I pass?
So the instructor kind of sat back on him, and he's getting his color back too. Cuz you know he gets to keep his job
He goes
Yeah, man you passed and John goes. Thank God. I finally got the fifth knot and
The instructor said well, no you didn't
Look, I'm in a good mood right now, so I'm gonna let you in on a secret. I don't care
How many knots you know how to tie that is not part of the curriculum to become a Navy SEAL my job?
Simply is to see how far you'll push yourself you
Just killed yourself you pass the goddamn test
Good job!
so,
When you feel like quitting which you will don't quit right now quit tomorrow
Wake up in the morning on time and make your bed the right way, then brush your teeth little victories
Make it to 5:00 a.m.. PT on time get through that and make it to breakfast
After breakfast concentrate on getting to lunch after lunch make it to dinner after dinner
Do everything you need to do to get back in that bed and no matter how bad your day was
You get a fresh start tomorrow because your bed was made right and the enemies all your doubts
all your fears
And everyone you know back home that told you. you weren't good enough to do this keep your head down, too
No matter what, never quit and you'll be just fine
keep moving forward