Warrior Kid Podcast #40: Ask Uncle Jake
Warrior Kid Podcast
Jocko Willink
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2026
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
The importance of optimism.
How to become a Navy SEAL even if you're afraid of horror movies.
How to deal with a teacher who is kind of mean.
Being afraid my loved ones will eventually die.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Warrior Kid podcast number 40. Ask Uncle Jake. |
| 0:04.4 | And this podcast is based on the five way of the warrior kid books. |
| 0:08.6 | The first one, way of the warrior kid. |
| 0:10.4 | The second one, Mark's mission. |
| 0:12.3 | The third one, where there is a will. |
| 0:14.4 | And the fourth one, the field manual. |
| 0:17.0 | Finally, book five letters from Uncle Jake. |
| 0:20.3 | And the books are about young Mark who faces a lot of the same problems that kids |
| 0:24.4 | everywhere face. |
| 0:25.8 | But Mark gets help solving those problems from his uncle Jake, who is a Navy SEAL and who |
| 0:31.3 | stays with Mark in the summertime. |
| 0:33.3 | And there's also a movie coming out that does a great job showing the journey of Mark |
| 0:39.7 | to becoming a warrior kid. |
| 0:42.6 | And this podcast is for warrior kids to hear some more lessons from Uncle Jake and get a chance |
| 0:50.2 | to ask Uncle Jake some questions. |
| 0:53.5 | Now, to start this off, once again, I'd like to talk to you |
| 0:58.2 | about a virtue. Another virtue. Now, a virtue is a quality or a habit that can help you make |
| 1:07.2 | the right choices and the right decisions and be the best person that you can be. |
| 1:12.0 | And there are many virtues that help guide us on the right path. |
| 1:17.3 | And on the last podcast, I talked about the importance of the virtue that is called |
| 1:23.1 | patience, which means we stay calm when things get tough. |
| 1:36.6 | And it is a very beneficial thing for you and for the people around you to be patient. |
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