Military Life Hacks for Productivity and Success

Waking up early, making the bed, cold showers, good hygiene, morning run, embracing discomfort, checklists, pre-planning, reverse planning, never giving up.

### 10 Military Habits and Hacks to Change Your Life
* 🌅 "Wake up at five in the morning to get a head start on your day, as **early rising is linked to increased productivity**."
* 🛏 Make your bed first thing in the morning to build momentum and remind yourself that the **little things matter**.
* ❄ Take cold showers in the morning for **alertness, focus, and physical benefits like reducing inflammation**.
* 🚿 "Maintain good hygiene to **protect your health** and **boost confidence in social interactions**."
* 🏃 "Go for a morning run to **kickstart your day with a dose of energy and happiness**."
* 💪 "Do something uncomfortable every day to build mental toughness and become a better version of yourself, following the '**do what sucks**' philosophy."
* 📋 "Make checklists to complete tasks efficiently and create protocols for **quick decision-making** in complex situations."
* 📅 "Pre-plan your days to strategize and **increase productivity** by having a **bird's-eye view** of your week."
* 🔄 "Practice reverse planning by defining your goal and working backwards to identify the **necessary steps**."
* 🚫 "Adopt the '**never give up**' mindset to develop mental toughness and perseverance, ensuring you can **achieve anything you set your mind to**."

[Music] In this video, I will talk about 10 military habits and hacks that will help you change your life. Welcome to Lifehack Academy. On this channel, we discuss tools and strategies that help us optimize our daily lives, making better versions of ourselves each day. Number one: wake up at five in the morning. According to Jocko Willink, a retired Navy SEAL commander at SEAL Team 3's Task Unit Bruiser, waking up early in the morning gives you an advantage to get more things done than most people who are still asleep. Jocko wakes up at 4:30 in the morning and jumps straight away to doing his buddy workout and finishes before seven. He said having breakfast with his kids and saying goodbye to them before they leave for school, on top of the physical workout he's already done in the morning, makes him feel very productive and accomplished for the day. Willink lives on the principle of discipline equals freedom. If you want freedom, you need discipline. Waking up as early as possible is the best way to practice.

self-discipline number two: make your bed. U.S. Navy Admiral William McRaven believes that if you want to change the world, you can always start off by making your bed. By making your bed after waking up, you will have already accomplished the first task of the day, and this will give you a little sense of pride. By accomplishing that first task, it will encourage you to do another task until you build momentum to do as many tasks as you can for the day. McRaven said that by doing the simple task of making your bed, you are constantly reminded that the little things in life do matter, and if we can't do the little things right, we'll never be able to do the big things right. If you make your bed every morning, you will have accomplished the first task of the day. It will give you a small sense of pride, and it will encourage you to do another task, and another, and another. And by the end of the day, that one task completed will have turned into many tasks completed. Making your bed will also

reinforce the fact that the little things in life matter. If you can't do the little things right, you'll never be able to do the big things right. Number three: Cold showers. Clint Emerson, a former Navy SEAL and now author, believes that cold showers in the morning will give you incomparable alertness and focus to start your day. SEALs are constantly exposed to cold water as part of their long training to keep their bodies going at peak performance. Cold water causes vasoconstriction, or tightening of blood vessels, which helps push lactic acid out of your system. This habit, which is also practiced by athletes, is proven to counteract inflammation in joints and muscles and helps in recovery from training. Number four: Maintain good hygiene. Good personal hygiene is strictly practiced in the army as a way to prevent infection and other contagious diseases. The army also prescribes very neat hairstyles as a part of their hygiene regulation and believes that this reflects cleanliness and orderliness. Military men are deployed to places with

extreme temperatures and sometimes places without water, which sometimes makes it impossible to stay fresh and clean. However, training yourself to be consciously aware of maintaining good hygiene will not only protect your health from diseases, it will also boost your confidence to interact in social situations. Number five, go for a morning run. Jason Bourne, the action-packed CIA sleeper agent played by Matt Damon in most films, can always be seen jogging or running at the beach in the morning. Going for an early run is always cooler than the other times of the day and is good for cardiovascular health. [Music] It also gives you a big dose of oxygen after waking up, which in turn gives you a boost of energy for the day. When you run, your body releases chemicals called endorphins, which interact with receptors in your brain, reducing your perception of pain and giving you a positive euphoric feeling, making you happier. [Music] Number six, do what sucks. [Music] David Goggins, former Navy SEAL, and

author of the new york times bestseller Can't Hurt Me believes that the best way to practice self-discipline is to find out what you hate doing and do it anyway. Goggins, who is now an ultra marathon runner, says that by doing something that is uncomfortable every day, you are constantly training yourself to be mentally tougher and pushing yourself to become a better version of yourself each day. I'm back, all this soldier confirming got me back, the former SEAL commander says that he hates running, which is why he does it every day. If you do what sucks every day, then you are doing what you think is the worst for you every day, which means that there is nothing else that can scare you or shake you up that is worse than what you are already doing. This philosophy in itself is the secret to mental toughness in the army. [Music] number seven make checklists and protocols. In every nation in the planet, the military has always been given the duty of being in charge of logistics and operations in a massive scale.

armed forces have always been famous for being extremely organized, methodical, and are well known for making protocols for emergencies and other complex situations. In terms of productivity, having a checklist allows you to complete repetitive tasks more quickly and efficiently without even thinking about it, as the list is always premeditated to cover everything and miss nothing. Protocols, on the other hand, which are also pre-made in nature, save time and decision-making dilemmas when faced with complex situations that require quick action or movement. Number eight, pre-plan your days. The British SAS, or Secret Air Service, simulates and plans an operation days to weeks ahead before the day of execution. These highly trained and highly disciplined individuals will repeat a certain training routine for a specific operation non-stop for the entire day until everything becomes muscle memory, to which they often joke, until we can do it in our sleep. [Music] Who's commander? I'm Kareem. Look at your messages. Where are the others? Stay close by planning or premeditating your days ahead. You can strategize on how you can carry

out the tasks that you are planning to do in those days, and to create contingencies for certain situations. By planning ahead, you can have some sort of a bird's-eye view of everything that is transpiring during that week, making yourself more effective and productive. Number nine, reverse planning. Reverse planning is determining what intermediate or sub-goal you want to happen after carrying out the completion of your big goal. In short, this is defining what you want to achieve, then work your way backwards to achieve it. Backwards planning, according to military generals, will illuminate many steps that are necessary to achieve a certain goal. For example, if you're planning to write a paper, rather than focusing on what to do first, you would start thinking about the paper's due date and identifying the last action that you would take before submission, then work your way backwards and identify the steps. Number 10, never give up. On top of every bone-breaking physical training the army receives, the most important mental training that they get is to never give up and never surrender.

the dropout rate for the buds or basic underwater demolition seal training, which is roughly 75 percent, ensures that the participants left are the ones that have the toughest mental stamina and don't quit when the situation gets really hard. The military trains individuals to become mentally tough and motivated to carry out a mission, whatever it takes. Learning from this philosophy by training your own mental toughness, you can achieve anything you want to achieve if you live by a principle of never giving up. So, these are the 10 military habits and hacks that you can use to change your life. Hopefully, you found some value in this content and become more productive. If you like this video, don't forget to subscribe to my channel, turn the notifications on, and I will see you in the next video.

10 Military Habits and Hacks That Will Change Your Life

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Waking up early, as suggested by retired Navy SEAL commander Jocko Willink, allows for increased productivity and a sense of accomplishment.

Navy Admiral William McRaven, provides a sense of pride and encourages the completion of more tasks throughout the day.

These military habits emphasize the importance of self-discipline and the impact of small tasks on overall productivity.

The Power of Small Habits for Personal Development

Cold showers can provide alertness and focus, as proven by former Navy SEAL Clint Emerson.

Maintaining good hygiene not only protects against diseases but also boosts confidence in social interactions, a practice strictly followed in the army.

Going for a morning run not only benefits cardiovascular health but also boosts energy and mood through the release of endorphins.

David Goggins, a former Navy SEAL, believes in practicing self-discipline by doing things you hate every day, to become mentally tougher.

He attributes his own mental toughness to his daily practice of doing things he finds uncomfortable, like running.

The military's approach to organization and planning, as well as the British SAS's method of pre-planning operations, are also key strategies for building discipline and mental toughness.

Efficient planning involves organizing tasks and creating contingencies for better productivity.

Reverse planning, starting from the end goal and working backwards, helps in identifying the necessary steps to achieve success.

The military's emphasis on never giving up highlights the importance of perseverance in goal achievement.

Building Mental Toughness: Military Habits for Success

The buds/SEAL training has a high dropout rate, leaving only the mentally toughest participants.

The military focuses on training individuals to have the mental strength to never give up on a mission.

By adopting military habits, such as perseverance and mental toughness, one can achieve their goals and improve productivity.