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title: Quit hitting the snooze button
modified: 2026-10-02
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> “Snooze button is a dream killer. When you press the snooze button, you’re killing your dreams. So, don’t touch the snooze button.” — Jocko Willink

> “The test is not a complex one: when the alarm goes off, do you get up out of bed, or do you lie there in comfort and fall back to sleep? If you have the discipline to get out of bed, you win—you pass the test. If you are mentally weak for that moment and you let that weakness keep you in bed, you fail. Though it seems small, that weakness translates to more significant decisions. But if you exercise discipline, that too translates to more substantial elements of your life.” — Jocko Willink, Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win

> [Unsere Träume können wir erst dann verwirklichen, wenn wir uns entschließen, einmal daraus zu erwachen.](http://www.godic.net/home/dailysentence/c66d4c09-48ca-4fea-8665-779d2476f62c)
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> 當我們決定從夢中醒來時，我們才有可能實現自己的夢想。

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* When you wake up in the morning, you have two choices: go back to sleep, or wake up and chase those dreams.
* When you hit snooze, you’re telling your hopes and dreams that they can wait.
* Remember why you are doing this: You get only one life, **one that is not rewarded for staying in bed, one that does not move forward because you stole an extra five minutes of your life.**
	* If you want more sleep, you need to _get to bed earlier_, not wake up later.
	* Going back to sleep for a few minutes actually leaves you more tired/lazier/groggier than waking up immediately. Set your alarm and stick to it.
	* You cannot miss out your [magical time in the morning](eat-the-biggest-frog-first-thing-in-the-morning.md). You cannot miss out the only opportunity to [win the morning](always-start-and-end-the-day-right.md) and the entire day.

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