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Modern Wisdom

Creating An Unbreakable Mindset - Jocko Willink - #502

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.66K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2022

⏱️ 160 minutes

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Summary

Jocko Willink is a retired United States Navy officer in SEAL Team 3, an author and a podcaster. Finding discipline in the modern world is hard. A hyper convenient existence rarely encourages radical responsibility or extreme ownership. Thankfully Jocko has spent an entire life learning how to love discomfort, and also teaching others how to love it too. If discipline equals freedom then Jocko must be one of the freest men on the planet. Expect to learn what Jocko thinks about the Detroit self-defence guy, why discipline always beats motivation, the similarities between elite special forces and elite BJJ athletes, Jocko's opinion on Jordan Peterson, how to get over an ex, whether he regrets being famous after working in the shadows for so long, how he used a Jim Carrey impression to chat up his wife, whether he wants to try psychedelics and much more... Sponsors: Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and Free Shipping from Athletic Greens at https://athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 30% discount on your at-home testosterone test at https://trylgc.com/modernwisdom (use code: MODERN30) Get 10% discount on your first month from BetterHelp at https://betterhelp.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (03:20) BJJ Athletes Vs Special Forces Operators (09:55) Is it Possible to Take Too Much Responsibility? (15:33) Jordan Peterson (26:10) Revisiting the ‘Good’ Video (32:29) Do People Overcomplicate Motivation & Courage? (39:40) Learning How to Fight Properly (45:26) Mental Health Treatment in America (51:48) Being a Husband & Father (1:04:15) Processing Grief & Heartbreak (1:11:29) Why Jocko Willink Writes Kids Books (1:31:53) How Surfing Impacted Jocko (1:38:05) Keeping in Mind the Shortness of Life (1:46:51) Life as an ex-Navy SEAL (1:52:25) Problems of Fame & Being Recognised (2:01:45) Would Jocko Run for Office? (2:07:24) No Solutions, Only Trade-Offs (2:11:31) Does Jocko Plan for Long-Term? (2:15:09) What Jocko Sacrifices for Success (2:32:39) Where to Find Jocko Extra Stuff: Check out Jocko's website - https://jocko.com/ Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello everybody, welcome back to the show.

0:02.6

My guest today is Jocco Willink,

0:04.7

his retired United States Navy officer in SEAL Team 3,

0:08.3

an author and a podcaster.

0:11.0

Finding discipline in the modern world is hard.

0:13.8

A hyper convenient existence rarely encourages

0:16.6

radical responsibility or extreme ownership.

0:19.3

Thankfully, Jocco has spent an entire life

0:22.1

learning how to love discomfort

0:23.9

and also teaching others how to love it too.

0:26.5

If discipline equals freedom,

0:28.5

then Jocco must be one of the freest men on the planet.

0:32.7

Expect to learn what Jocco thinks

0:34.6

about the Detroit self-defense guy.

0:37.0

Why discipline always beats motivation.

0:39.5

The similarities between elite special forces

0:42.2

and elite Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu athletes.

0:44.3

Jocco's opinion on Jordan Peterson,

0:46.3

how to get over an X,

0:47.6

whether he regrets being famous

0:49.2

after working in the shadows for so long,

0:51.2

how he used a gym carry impression to chat up his wife,

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