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Jocko Willink ON: Leading Like a Navy Seal & Taking Extreme Ownership of Every Problem in Your Life
Jocko Willink ON: Leading Like a Navy Seal & Taking Extreme Ownership of Every Problem in Your Life
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Length:
58 minutes
Released:
May 31, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Jocko Willink (@jockowillink) joins Jay Shetty to talk about extreme ownership and discipline, switching from a competition-based to a collaborative culture, building trust even in stressful situations, and mastering your self-discipline.
He is a retired naval officer who served in the Navy SEALs and an author of several books including Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win. He also co-hosts Jocko Podcast that discusses discipline and leadership in business, war, relationships, and everyday life.
What We Discuss with Jocko:
00:00 Intro
02:08 The most difficult thing to go through
02:57 How do you process a difficult situation and be ready to go through the experience
06:07 What you go through is your present, nothing else will matter
08:18 Are you born a leader or did experience make you one?
13:44 Working through procrastination and overthinking
18:01 Lessons learned from joining the Navy Seals
20:14 Turning a competitive and comparison based culture to a collaborative culture
26:37 Principles and methods to build trust in high stress situations
29:53 The biggest leadership mistakes and the key takeaways
33:20 Rather than beating yourself up, practice extreme ownership
36:34 Taking criticisms from someone you don’t respect
38:54 Your ego against the decentralized command strategy
43:07 When people are struggling with self discipline, where do you start?
47:06 Start self discipline by waking up earlier in the morning
49:24 Life lessons learned after leaving the military
53:20 Jocko on Final Five
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Episode Resources:
Jocko Willink | Twitter
Jocko Willink | Instagram
Jocko Willink | Podcast
Jocko Willink | Books
Achieve success in every area of your life with Jay Shetty’s Genius Community. Join over 10,000 members taking their holistic well-being to the next level today, at https://shetty.cc/OnPurposeGenius
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He is a retired naval officer who served in the Navy SEALs and an author of several books including Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win. He also co-hosts Jocko Podcast that discusses discipline and leadership in business, war, relationships, and everyday life.
What We Discuss with Jocko:
00:00 Intro
02:08 The most difficult thing to go through
02:57 How do you process a difficult situation and be ready to go through the experience
06:07 What you go through is your present, nothing else will matter
08:18 Are you born a leader or did experience make you one?
13:44 Working through procrastination and overthinking
18:01 Lessons learned from joining the Navy Seals
20:14 Turning a competitive and comparison based culture to a collaborative culture
26:37 Principles and methods to build trust in high stress situations
29:53 The biggest leadership mistakes and the key takeaways
33:20 Rather than beating yourself up, practice extreme ownership
36:34 Taking criticisms from someone you don’t respect
38:54 Your ego against the decentralized command strategy
43:07 When people are struggling with self discipline, where do you start?
47:06 Start self discipline by waking up earlier in the morning
49:24 Life lessons learned after leaving the military
53:20 Jocko on Final Five
Like this show? Please leave us a review here - even one sentence helps! Post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!
Episode Resources:
Jocko Willink | Twitter
Jocko Willink | Instagram
Jocko Willink | Podcast
Jocko Willink | Books
Achieve success in every area of your life with Jay Shetty’s Genius Community. Join over 10,000 members taking their holistic well-being to the next level today, at https://shetty.cc/OnPurposeGenius
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
May 31, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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