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Standard Directive 008: The Good Things Add Up.

Jocko Podcast

Jocko DEFCOR Network

Management, History, Business

4.831.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2023

⏱️ 4 minutes

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0:00.5

Listen, when you make mistakes, they add up.

0:04.2

They add up one mistake, compounds,

0:08.0

and leads to another, which leads to another,

0:10.6

and they can lead you to a downward spiral of destruction.

0:17.4

Here's the thing, you know what else adds up?

0:21.0

The positive things, the good moves,

0:25.1

the small sacrifices that you make to do things, right?

0:30.1

The adjustments needed to correct problems,

0:33.3

the daily discipline required to get you

0:38.4

where you want to get to.

0:40.4

Those little positive things add up, too.

0:46.2

And it's obvious, and we know it,

0:47.7

but here's the question, why don't we do them?

0:50.4

Why don't we do them?

0:53.0

Well, it's because, in most cases,

0:55.5

it's because they add up slowly.

1:00.0

They add up so slowly that you don't really notice

1:03.7

the results, right?

1:06.9

One day in the gym, one day in the gym

1:10.6

is basically imperceivable.

1:14.3

Two days in the gym, you don't recognize any change,

1:17.7

whatsoever, a hundred days in the gym,

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