This is the Jocko Underground Podcast number one 23 one two three echo Charles sitting here with me so I was talking to an individual

the other day. This individual was not in a great spot. It was at a, well say an

event. Individual is not a great spot and he kind of said,

yeah, I was the podcaster.

I wonder if you have any recommendations.

And I was like, for what?

And he's like, you know, just like my, you know, just career wise and kind of relationship wise and like finances just kind of he's just like looking for broad life guidance

okay cool I'm in the game you know like's go. So he didn't have a great job.

He was, had been bouncing around in various relationships.

Didn't have a lot of savings, renting a condo, you know, leasing a car, and she's kind of giving me a low down and I said well because I asked him what you need help with and he's like well you know I don't have the best job right now and I'm got you know I can't find the right girl and I don't have much you know don't have much savings and I don't know how much you know don't have much savings and I don't know in a house or anything and

She's going through this um and so I'm like you know okay well how, well, you know, how this happened?

Like, how did you end up here?

And I wasn't looking for like, I wasn't looking for a cause.

I was actually just trying to get the context of the scenario, right? How did you end up like how did this happen?

Like because you know sometimes it's hey I got divorced I had to restart looking for that kind of thing.

I changed careers or whatever, you know, whatever.

I'm looking for sort of how we ended up here

so we can sort of figure out a course of action to go.

And so he starts giving me the life story type thing.

And so I'm listening.

And this entire thing,

this entire life story was I'm not kidding his entire life story was a

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