I have to confess when I came across Jocko Willink a few years ago, I didn't want to like him, I wanted him to be some ex-Jarhead gung-ho all-American fuck-knuckle who I could dismiss as a product of the American military-industrial complex, getting old and fat on war kudus on the TED talk circuit ... BUT then I listened to a snippet, a slither, a wafer-thin segment, the core, the essence, the absolute gist "Extreme Ownership."
It was revelatory, and I realised I was just suffering from extreme envy and resentment and that this geezer put himself in the line of fire with all the awful risks that go with the job, to protect the freedoms we in the west enjoy. Frankly, I was ashamed of myself. I adopted extreme ownership and being responsible for everything (If you read here, then you will know I almost came off the rails completely). But at my back, and in my head, Jocko and Jordan Petersons' words and ethos's made me get back up and drag myself kicking and screaming through another twenty-four hours, another day, another week, another month and so on.
I think we can safely say the incremental interest of small positive changes have accrued. Thank you, Jocko, thank you, Jordan Peterson, you helped me, put me back together.
I don't listen to all Jocko's podcasts, some of them are for want of a better phrase culture-specific, so, while they may be informative in some way, they sit outside my niche interests. This one piqued my interest because when Jocko talks about your powers, he does so in the context of your mindset, not that you can hump 40kilos in a backpack 40-miles through a field of broken glass while it rains hailstones the size of golf balls.
I will say no more, watch the podcast, absorb the information on offer. Your life will improve, it really is that simple.
