Welcome to Modern Mentor, formerly the Get It Done Guy podcast. I'm your host, Rachel Cook.

Today, I'm excited to share my interview with Jocko Willink, a retired U.S. Navy SEAL officer and New York Times

number one bestselling author of several books, including his latest leadership strategy and tactics.

Jocko hosts the popular podcast, Leadership and Discipline, as well as a podcast for young

leaders in training called Warrior Kid. Upon retiring from the Navy in 2010, Jocko founded the leadership consulting firm, Echelon Front.

There, he teaches combat leadership principles to help others build their own high-performance winning teams.

Many of Jocko's ideas originate from the four laws of combat he developed in the Navy and passed on to other seals.

These are, one, cover and move.

Embrace the power of teamwork and know the importance of showing care to everyone on the mission.

Two, keep things simple.

Remove complexity wherever possible to ensure everyone fully understands the mission and the shared direction.

Three, prioritize and execute. Remain a step or two ahead of problems to avoid failure.

Thoughtful planning allows us to move resources wherever they're needed.

And four, decentralized command. When our team members

understand what they're doing and why, they become empowered to make smart decisions on their own.

Jocko shared some sage advice around detaching from our egos to make better decisions, taking extreme

ownership for the outcomes we desire, and leaning into

observation and humility to reveal the best versions of ourselves.

All right.

So let's go ahead and dive in.

I would love to start with this concept of detachment, which is something you have written a lot about, right?

The idea of kind of letting

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