125: How Can Discipline Fail You? Excuses, Playing The Game, Good Decision Making, Jiu Jitsu

Jocko Podcast

Jocko DEFCOR Network

History, Management, Business

4.9 • 31.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2018

⏱️ 104 minutes

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Summary

0:00:00 - Opening

0:00:19 - A "Reason" VS an Excuse".

0:10:03 - Questioning your leadership.

0:16:11 - Arrogant Jerks in Jiu Jitsu.

0:28:04 - Do Leadership principles change with major growth of a company?

0:34:35 - "Playing the Game" for success, contrasted with "Agreeableness".

0:51:01 - Good decision making VS Good outcome.

1:03:44 - Getting better at Jiu jItsu

1:16:04 - Does Discipline ever fail you?

1:18:40 - Support.

1:43:05 - Closing Gratitude.

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0:00.0	This is Jockel Podcast number 125 with Echo Charles and me, Jockel Willink.
0:06.2	Good evening, Echo.
0:07.7	Good evening.
0:08.7	And we are bringing a Q&A today.
0:12.0	Sure.
0:13.0	To the world.
0:14.0	First question.
0:15.0	Dang right into it.
0:17.0	Okay.
0:18.0	All right.
0:19.0	What is the difference between an excuse and a reason?
0:23.3	Hmm.
0:24.3	Kind of a good question, right?
0:27.1	Sure.
0:28.1	Okay.
0:32.4	And the reason it's a good question because there can be legitimate reasons why things happen.
0:37.1	Right.
0:38.8	And so, for instance, you're in a sailing race, right?
0:44.6	In a sailboat.
0:46.8	And the mast snaps in half.
0:48.8	Now you don't win the race.
0:50.6	But I mean, you didn't, you know, the mast snapped.
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