You also might be a person who's in a spot right now where you need some help. And that's normal and everyone's been there. Ask for help and hang in there and things will get better. That's the way it works. So hang tough. Jocko Podcast 507-1:46:41

The obvious question people ask is, "Why? Why did this happen? Why?" And I tell them they're asking the wrong question. … "What?" is the right question. What now? … What do I do now to take what I have and move on? — Doug Collins Jocko Podcast 507-0:36:42

When people dig in to defend their ideas not only can they not advance them, they also cannot maneuver and change their thoughts. They're dug in and they can't move. — "Leadership Strategy and Tactics" Jocko Podcast 211-0:36:43

We used to say it takes five minutes to look like an operator, but it takes a lifetime to be one. — Norm Hooten Jocko Podcast 503-3:41:59

Skillsets compound. So, the better you get at learning any skill, the faster you will learn subsequent skills. — Tim Ferriss Jocko Podcast 50-1:50:01

Stop lying to yourself. When you stop lying to yourself, that's when you can become who you know you should be. When you tell yourself the truth about where you are you can make sure you are in the right place. If you’re not, you can get yourself on the path to get there. Jocko Podcast 144-1:35:42

When you know the way, then you see the way in all things. Jocko Podcast 134-0:12:31 One of my favorite recurring ideas of the podcast.

You could be who you should be when you do what you know you should do, when you pay attention to the little things, when you implement discipline, true and unflinching and unmitigated discipline in your life, when you stop trying to find a sweatless solution. Jocko Podcast 144-1:35:09

This is explicitly unconditional. The Supreme Court should shoot this down immediately as it was already decided in 1989 that it goes against free speech. #1stAmendment #Freespeech

BREAKING: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore just announced he refuses to authorize National Guard deployment in Maryland. 🧵

If the military in our streets is supposed to be normal, do we really have freedom? Why is the federal government so afraid of the American Public? Reduce poverty, make police competent, stop the government overreach. #freedom #unitedstates #liberty

Keep vaunting head over heart and soon the head will arrive at the complete folly of any kind of fight and meekly surrender the treasure to the first bandit with enough heart to demand it. — Robert Leckie, A Helmet for my Pillow Jocko Podcast 71-1:53:55

It’s my theory that the better trained you are, the more natural courage you have, because you have a belief in yourself. — David Hackworth Jocko Podcast 144-1:10:24

We have to rediscover what it is about America that's worth fighting for and we need to inculcate that in our young people, our policy makers, everybody. — Sean MacFarland Jocko Podcast 439-6:14:24

Help yourself become better. Help others become better. And in doing so, help this strange and often hostile world that we live in, make it just a little bit better by getting out there and getting after it. Jocko Podcast 143-2:22:07

Once those doors are opened, you have got to start over. You've got to prove value and show who you are here and now and stop leaning on the past; stop living in the past. — Dave Castro Jocko Podcast 384-1:23:48

People have different strengths and weaknesses. The organizations that compete most effectively place their people in position to use their strengths. — MCDP 1-4: Competing Jocko Podcast 266-1:24:51

Courage is the real driving force in human affairs. Every worthwhile action comes of some man daring what others fear to attempt. — S.L.A. Marshall, Men Against Fire Jocko Podcast 142-2:48:40

When you see what men can do when pushed beyond the limit of human capacity, when you see that, when you hear about it, when you read about it, well then remember to push yourself. Push yourself every day, every moment. Get out there and get after it. Jocko Podcast 105-2:33:12

Fear is ever-present. But it is the uncontrolled fear that is the enemy of successful operation. And the control of fear depends upon the extent to which all dangers and distractions may be correctly anticipated, and therefore, understood.— S.L.A. Marshall, Men Against Fire Jocko Podcast 142-0:40:31

Or demigod.

Get out of bed. Shut off the TV. Impose your will on the world. And when you get beat down by the world, get back up again and get after it. Jocko Podcast 141-2:42:20

Dreaming is one thing. Everybody has dreams. Believing, you take it a step further. And then filling the void with action makes things happen. — Pete Roberts Jocko Podcast 141-1:31:03

Don't think of training as an activity with health benefits. Instead consider it a baseline requirement for wellness and an essential component of maintaining health and protecting longevity. — Dr. Gabrielle Lyon, "Forever Strong" Jocko Podcast 428-1:58:43

Once I see where I was broken, then I can attack that weakness. I can fill in that gap. I can reinforce that breach. If you break, it means it’s time to fortify your will to make it stronger. Jocko Podcast 140-1:51:05

Wow

They say they came to die. We came to live. We came to build. We came to help. We came to grow. That's what we're here for. And that's a decision that we can all make. Jocko Podcast 500-1:44:09

Don’t save that last bullet for yourself… You lock and load that last bullet and you shoot it at your enemy. And when you’re out of bullets, get out your knife and attack with that. And if you loose your knife, grab your enemy by the throat and you keep fighting. Jocko Podcast 86-2:03:25

We put ourselves into scenarios where we are in control. And that always stuck with me, how often we, in life, have the ability to dictate the situation instead of allowing it to dictate to us what we're going to do. Jocko Podcast 500-0:50:34

'Hello human, nice to meet you'

The most important thing in any organization is leadership. It's always leadership first because leaders find a way to get things done. — Jonah Pinto, CEO, 7-Eleven quoted in "The Talent War", Mike Sarraille, George Randle, et al. Jocko Podcast 244-3:06:26

You know what you're supposed to do. Regardless of what distractions present themselves, you know what you're supposed to do. So go do it. Jocko Podcast 498-1:29:35

No man is a leader until his appointment is ratified in the minds and hearts of his men. — The Infantry Journal, 1948 Jocko Podcast 498-0:02:12

I think that if you know the way broadly, if you know the cost of freedom, then you see it and you appreciate it in everything, in everything that we have been given, especially our most precious gift, and that is freedom. Jocko Podcast 135-2:13:08

The clock is running. You’re on the clock right now. You don’t know when that clock’s going to end. But I’m going to tell you right now, you’re on it. And every second that you’re not grinding on that clock, you lose it. — Dave Berke Jocko Podcast 135-1:09:58

As the troops used to say, if the country is good enough to live in, it's good enough to fight for. With privilege goes responsibility. — Eugene Sledge, "With the Old Breed" Jocko Podcast 10-0:58:00

I would never again waste a moment of life; and no one ever again would be able to take even a second of it from me. — Anthony "Tony" Herbert, "The Making of a Soldier" Jocko Podcast 273-2:24:31

Good leaders are those who genuinely care about the mission, organization, and their subordinates and put those entities before self. — Denise F. Williams Jocko Podcast 496-0:33:11

Stronger people are harder to kill and are just more useful in general. — Mark Rippetoe, Starting Strength Jocko Podcast 495-2:18:03

You'd better look like, at least look like you challenge yourself on a regular basis. And even better, actually challenge yourself on a regular basis. — Rob Wilson Jocko Podcast 495-0:40:18

It is the law of nature, you can't do things over again. That's life. Everything in it is for keeps. Everything. — Eiji Yoshikawa, "Musashi" Jocko Podcast 100-0:27:05

Maybe the thing that makes someone become undeniable is the act of refusing and rejecting the life and the path they're on and rewriting their story. You don't wake up undeniable. You work up to it. — Cameron Hanes, Undeniable Jocko Podcast 494-3:15:41

No American troops sent to Iran. 🇺🇸 🇺🇲 🇺🇸 #peace

In retrospect, that was the first time in my adult life I remember taking responsibility for my actions. In the past my failures were alway somebody else's fault. But finally, I took a stand and pointed the finger at my own chest. — Remi Adeleke, "Transformed" Jocko Podcast 400-1:51:42

Adversity, everybody spends their life trying to avoid it. Me too. But the best things that ever happened to me came during the times when the shit hit the fan and I had nothing and nobody to help me. — Steven Pressfield Jocko Podcast 102-1:40:01

Rupert and I are enjoying the sun today… from the safety of the shade.

Ideas are not protected by words. Paper and ink may outline the foundation and principles of this nation. But it is blood, only blood, that protects it. — Andy Stumpf, "A Debt That Cannot Be Repaid" Jocko Podcast 64-0:04:00