This is the Jocko Underground podcast number 187 with Echo Charles.

And we are going to, well, we're going to read some questions from troopers out in the field.

And then we're going to provide guidance.

We're going to provide answers.

We're going to provide courses of action that you can use to get on the correct path and move forward.

That's where we're at.

Let's get this first one.

Hopeful guidance.

Yes, sir.

First question, Jocco.

I've been a fan of your work for a while.

I love the good, quote unquote, good mindset when adversity strikes.

And I also use your supplement products daily.

Okay. I'm a 26-year-old pitching pitching coach seen as a young, bright mind with potential, but I know potential means nothing without results.

My life has had plenty of adversity.

My father passed when I was 16.

I've lived with three learning disabilities and partial deafness and was diagnosed with a back

disease that nearly ended my baseball career. Being half Native American also shaped me. My dad's

family opposed his marriage and after his passing, their hostility drove my mom into

deep depression. In college, I battled depression, drug addiction, and nearly took my

life, my own life. But I've been clean since January 2025. Recently, I was let go from a job.

It's my fault, and I own it. My girlfriend has been my rock through it. But my question is,

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