The Thirteen Pillars: Builds the Man

The Thirteen Pillars is the first book in the Doctrine of Discipline series. It is not self-help. It is doctrine.

Author and combat veteran Shawn C. O'Neil studied thirty-nine historical exemplars across 2,500 years of warfare, philosophy, science, and leadership to answer one question: what are the actual operating principles the most disciplined people in history share?

The result is thirteen pillars. Each pillar contains a law. Not a suggestion. Not a guideline. A law - non-negotiable, obs...