15: Jocko Willink | Why Discipline Beats Motivation Every Time
The Jordan Harbinger Show
Jordan Harbinger
4.8 • 12.3K Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2018
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Jocko Willink (@jockowillink) is a retired Navy SEAL commander, podcaster, co-author of New York Times Best Seller Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win, and author of Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual. His upcoming Marc's Mission: Way of the Warrior Kid (A Novel) will be out soon.
What We Discuss with Jocko Willink:- Effective leadership values and strategies are the same across all fields and industries -- whether you're a Navy SEAL, an office manager, or a startup entrepreneur.
- The difference between motivation and discipline.
- The intersection between leadership and humility.
- How to create a practice of discipline that will be there when we need it.
- A good leader isn't necessarily the most skilled person in the room, but he or she knows how to bring out the best in everyone to create a solid team.
- And much more...
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| 0:00.0 | So motivation is good for about 15 minutes, but what you actually need is to have discipline, |
| 0:06.0 | which is good permanently. |
| 0:07.5 | As long as you maintain the discipline, it's always going to come through. |
| 0:12.4 | Welcome to the show. |
| 0:13.4 | I'm Jordan Harbinger. |
| 0:14.7 | As always, I'm here with my producer, Jason DeFilippo. |
| 0:17.8 | On this episode, today we're talking with my friend, Jacques O'Willink. |
| 0:21.0 | He was the commander for Seal Task Unit, Bruiser, the most highly decorated special operations |
| 0:26.0 | unit of the Iraq War in Baghdad and Ramadi, author of Extreme Ownership, Way of the Warrior |
| 0:31.7 | Kid, and now Discipline Equals Freedom. |
| 0:34.4 | Today, we'll explore the difference between motivation and discipline. |
| 0:38.6 | Discuss the intersection between leadership and humility, and we'll learn how to create |
| 0:43.4 | a practice of discipline that you can call upon to carry you through when you really need |
| 0:47.4 | it. |
| 0:48.4 | Don't forget, we have a worksheet for today's episodes. |
| 0:50.0 | You can make sure you solidify your understanding of the key takeaways here from Jacques O'Willink. |
| 0:55.8 | That link is in the show notes at jordanharbinger.com slash podcast. |
| 1:00.4 | Now here's Jaco. |
| 1:02.4 | You wrote Extreme Ownership. |
| 1:04.0 | It crushed. |
| 1:05.0 | It did a really great amount of sales. |
| 1:06.2 | I know last interview we looked at, you said you sold over half a million, it's probably |
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