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Today’s Sun Tzu
“If in training soldiers commands are habitually enforced, the army will be well-disciplined; if not, its discipline will be bad.”
Sun Tzu · The Art of War · Chapter 9: The Army on the March
Discipline is trained, not declared.
What it means

Order comes from habitual enforcement in training, not from announcements; repetition builds it.

Use it todayEnforce one command consistently this week to build the habit.
Today’s questionAm I declaring discipline or actually enforcing it in training?
#discipline#training#consistency
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