Discipline Equals Freedom with Jocko Willink #166
The Brian Buffini Show
Brian Buffini
4.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 30 July 2019
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
“The good performers are the highly disciplined individuals.” — Jocko Willink
Jocko Willink is a decorated retired Navy SEAL officer, author and cofounder of Echelon Front. In this episode, Brian interviews Jocko about the leadership principles he learned on the most dangerous battlefields in the world. Jocko outlines how effective leadership is the most important factor in whether a team succeeds or fails. If you want to lead - and win - then this podcast is a must!
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Inspirational quotes from today’s interview:
“Relationships are everything.” – Brian Buffini
“The good performers are the highly disciplined individuals.” – Jocko Willink
“Nothing happens without discipline. Nothing happens without fundamentals. No excellence happens in any capacity.” – Brian Buffini
“I look at discipline as a non-negotiable fact that I will carry out.” – Jocko Willink
“We’re a world-class excuse generation.” – Brian Buffini
“All your excuses are lies that you tell yourself. Don’t negotiate with weakness; just destroy it.” – Jocko Willink
“As a human being, you can rationalize any behavior. Don’t do it.” – Jocko Willink
“The key is no negotiation with yourself.” – Brian Buffini
“The magic is in the mindset that it’s already decided. You have decided. It’s done.” – Brian Buffini
“If you’re undisciplined, you can’t expect to have any high standards for anyone else.” – Jocko Willink
“You have to set the example.” – Jocko Willink
“Discipline inside your organization will actually give you freedom.” – Jocko Willink
“As a leader, you’ve got to be able to communicate well with your team.” – Jocko Willink
“You want to be balanced – that’s what the dichotomy of leadership is about.” – Jocko Willink
“You own your life.” – Brian Buffini
“For me, being a good leader shows up at home first.” – Brian Buffini
“My kids don’t listen to a word I say, they’re too busy watching what I do.” – Brian Buffini
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Brian Bafini show, where we explore the mindsets, motivation and methodologies |
| 0:19.3 | of success. |
| 0:20.3 | Here's your host, Brian Bafini. |
| 0:30.0 | Well, the top of the morning to you, welcome to the Brian Bafini show. |
| 0:35.2 | Very excited about today's program. |
| 0:37.6 | My brother, Derrman, who's the CEO of Bafini Company, said to me the other day, he said, |
| 0:41.1 | Brian, who do you want to have on your show? |
| 0:43.4 | He said, you do all these things for the customers. |
| 0:45.0 | Who do you want to have on your show? |
| 0:46.0 | If you're just in the studio or yourself talking to somebody and I said, well, there's a |
| 0:49.7 | fellow I started listening to, but then with Jack O'Willink and he's a former Navy seal. |
| 0:54.4 | And sure enough, relationships are everything. |
| 0:57.2 | We have a good friend of ours named Andrew Paul, who has a great relationship with Jack |
| 1:01.5 | O'Willink. |
| 1:02.5 | So, Jack O'Willink, we're very thrilled to have you on the show today. |
| 1:04.2 | Thanks for popping by. |
| 1:05.2 | Thanks for having me on. |
| 1:06.2 | Live in in San Diego. |
| 1:07.2 | Let me give folks who may not be as familiar with Jack O'Willink just yet, a little bit of |
| 1:11.8 | his background. |
| 1:12.8 | 20 years with the US Navy Seals. |
| 1:15.3 | I don't know if I need to say more than that. |
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