Tim Kennedy

UFC Fighter, Ranger, sniper, and Special Forces Operator. Unapologetically American, New York Times best selling author.

Tim Kennedy, Green Beret Sniper, author, UFC Fighter & Entrepreneur has a rapidly growing audience with millions of followers on his personal Instagram and over 10 million followers through the many outlets of his parent company Tim Kennedy Operations and Sheepdog Response.

He’s starred on the History Channel’s Hunting Hitler and Discovery’s Hard to Kill. Tim owns Apogee Cedar Park a private school in Texas, and Sheepdog Response, a tactical training company. He lives with his wife and children in Texas.

Philosopher's Notes on Tim Kennedy's Books

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Scars and Stripes

by Tim Kennedy and Nick Palmisciano

Tim Kennedy is a FASCINATING, inspiring human being. Imagine blending David Goggins and Jocko Willink and Nims Purja together then throwing them into a UFC ring and reading about their lives with a BRUTALLY honest magnifying glass on ALL the good, the bad and the ugly. It’s hard to put into words how compelling the book is but it’s REALLY good. Laugh-out-loud funny. Humbling. Inspiring. If you (or a loved one) enjoy great military and/or sports biographies, I think you’ll love it as much as I did. Although it’s a memoir, not a self-development book, it’s packed with Big Ideas and I’m excited to share some of my favorites so let’s jump straight in.

Quotes by Tim Kennedy

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I want my students to be able to save lives—whether through self-defense or medical aid. That’s my chief motivation. That’s what I preach. I tell them it is their responsibility to help others. They are the sheepdogs watching their flocks.

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Our plan has not been perfect, but it has been violent as f*ck. We’re taught over and over again that a good hasty plan executed violently is far better than a flawless detailed plan executed with hesitation.

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I generally live by the rule that you don’t rise to the moment but rather fall to the level of your training.

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Ranger School is hard but fair. There is one standard: Ranger Standard. You either meet the standard or you go home. This is a meritocracy. There’s no rank. There are no favors. There are no exceptions to the standard. It’s a simplicity I immediately respect.

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As with all things, I didn’t do it until I got it right; I did it until I couldn’t get it wrong.

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The entire military runs on the premise of Task, Condition, and Standard. You are given a task and a condition and you are expected to meet the standard. Special Forces operate on the premise of Task, Command, No Standard. In other words, the ‘standard’ is your best effort, every time.

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I want people who are reading this thing, who feel like total losers with no way out, to see a path forward and get the f*ck after it. I want them to start LIVING.

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