Personal Growth Episodes
In-depth discussions that tackle modern challenges while providing practical advice and insights for both personal and professional development.
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April 4, 2017
69: The Real Top Gun. Battlefield, Work, and Life are Identical. With Elite Marine Fighter Pilot, David Berke.
0:00:00 - Opening. 0:09:45 - Intro to Dave Berke. 0:21:11 - Officer Candidate School. 0:27:39 - Southern Watch. 0:31:01 - Top Gun selection. 0:38:49 - September 11th 0:45:08 - Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda. 0:47:33 - Training Officer at Top Gun. 1:08:27 - Forward Air Controller (FAC) Tour. 1:26:43 - Ramadi. 2:14:41 - Home Coming. Relationship. Pentagon. F-22 and F-35. 2:40:56 - Echelon Front transition. 2:52:54 - Green M&Ms, Support, Cool Onnit, Amazon, JockoStore stuff, with Jocko...
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March 14, 2017
66: Gen. HR McMaster's Tactical/Strategic Lessons Learned from his War Fighting Experience. Liars, Defending Bad Leaders, Jiu Jitsu Strength, & Dealing w/ The Grind
0:00:00 - Opening/Gen. HR McMaster's account in the First Gulf War. The Battle of 73 Easting. Tactical & Strategic lessons learned. 0:57:23 - The 4 Fallacies of Warfare. 1:24:50 - QUESTIONS and ANSWERS from the interwebs. 1:24:56 -...
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March 6, 2017
65: What to Carry to Be Prepared for Battle and Life: With Leif Babin
0:00:00 - Opening . 0:05:30 - Weapons & Equipment we carried in Ramadi. 0:1230 - A hard lesson with Over-packing Equipment for Patrol. 0:28:04 - Training for adversity. 0:39:57 - How Adversity Training Payed off in Ramadi. 0:47:12 - Heat, Stink,...
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Feb. 7, 2017
61: Confronting People Who've Been Talking Behind Your Back. How to Deal with Anger Management Issues. Be Careful With Praise.
0:00:00 - Opening 0:01:35 - How to Deal With Anger Management Issues. 0:10:35 - Is it possible to exhibit too much Extreme Ownership? 0:17:57 - Jocko Spars Jiu Jitsu with Rickson Gracie 0:39:02 - In a NEW Leadership role, When to use Firmness right away VS. When NOT to. 0:45:10 - How Praise can hurt performance VS How it can help performance. 0:53:42 - How to Detach without Seeming Completely Cold. 0:59:36 - Discipline in one Area does NOT Make up for Slack in Other Areas 1:07:51 - How t...
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Jan. 24, 2017
59: Valuable & Applicable Lessons from Battle that Apply Directly to Your Life, w/ Brian Stann
Brian Stann, , awarded the , the nation's third-highest award for valor in combat. Retired UFC Fighter. UFC Commentator. 0:00:00 - Opening 0:04:25 - Brian Stann Intro and Background 0:11:52 - Importance of Standards and Discipline 0:21:56...
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Jan. 16, 2017
58: Overcoming Regrets of a Wasted Life, How to Maximize Morale, Aligning Goals Up the Chain
0:00:00 - Opening: 0:15:17 - John R.M. Byrnes Letter to his Daughter 0:49:49 - Overcoming regrets of wasted time/life. 0:57:51 - Maximizing Employee/Team morale after firing a popular supervisor. 1:03:59 - How to capitalize with...
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Jan. 6, 2017
56: Overcoming Stress, Sleep Deprivation, and The Darkness with Peter Attia
0:00:00 - Opening - "The Corner" 0:08:55 - Peter Attia Intro 0:11:03 - Beginnings Of Peter Attia. From Mechanical Engineering & Math to Medicine. 0:20:02 - Johns Hopkins Hospital and turmoil. 0:27:24 - Addiction to Pain-killers 0:39:53 - Sleep Deprivation 0:52:03 - Desensitized to the horrors of the Hospital VS Emotional attachments to patients. 1:09:01 - Surprising Negatives and Positives about Human Nature. 1:16:36 - Peter Attia Self Reflection and Lessons learned. 1:30:21 - Frustrati...
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Jan. 6, 2017
55: Dealing w/ Hostile Drunk Idiots, How to Eliminate Complacency with Age, Vets w/ Bad Behavior
0:00:00 - Opening 0:01:00 - How Important is "Purpose", or your "Why"? 0:07:36 - If you had to choose: Jiu Jitsu Gym VS Regular Gym. 0:17:45 - Advice for An Encounter with a Hostile Drunk Idiot 0:35:19 - Leading the Command Staff to understand the Ground Troops 0:43:18 - More on How to Emotionally Detach from Heated Situations 0:49:28 - Dealing with Vets who use Vet Status to excuse bad behavior. 0:58:51 - Default Aggressive in Jiu Jitsu. Streets, Competition, and Training 1:12:31 - Does...
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Dec. 28, 2016
54: How to Lead and Command Ultimate Respect. With the "Armed Forces Officer Manual"
0:00:00 - Opening "Uneasy Lies the head who wears the crown..." 0:09:27 - 1950 Version (Limited) Critical Elements: Nobody's Perfect, Bragging Rights for Hard work, Unselfishness commands Loyalty, Write Well / Speak Well, Humility, Physical...
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Dec. 7, 2016
52: How to Overcome Fear. How to Combat Burnout. Violating Values to Achieve Goals. How to Follow Through w/ Ideas.
0:00:00 - Opening - 0:04:35 - Finding time to train in BJJ while deployed. - 0:12:07 - Choosing your battles at work. - 0:24:28 - Recommendations for careers in Leadership - 0:31:33 - How to combat burnout. -
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Nov. 23, 2016
50: With Tim Ferriss – Darkness & How to Stay on the Path, Last Days of Life & What to Do, Back-up Plans, Misconceptions
0:00:00 - Opening - 0:03:57 - Tim Ferriss Introduction - 0:09:50 - Some Practical Thoughts on Suicide" from Tim Ferriss's new book, "Tools of Titans" - 1:15:08 - Tims additional thoughts on getting out of the Darkness -
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Nov. 15, 2016
49: How to SMASH Days When You ‘Don’t Feel Like it’, How to Deal w/ Passive-Aggressive People, Advice for SOF Newlyweds
0:00:00 - Opening - 0:12:06 - Jocko's Biggest change of opinion. - 0:39:23 - Advice for Newlywed Special Operations Forces Wives - 0:55:06 - BJJ: Best ratio of Drilling to Sparring. Dealing with Spazzes on the mats -
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Nov. 1, 2016
47: How to Overcome Set-backs at Work, MMA Fighters VS. SEALS, Prep VS. Winging it, Rituals for mindset, BJJ Gym Loyalty
0:00:00 - Opening - 0:01:09 - Would an MMA Fighter be a good SEAL? - 0:08:57 - Who would win in a fight? MMA Fighter or Navy SEAL? - 0:25:43 - No time to explain the "why" to the Troops. - 0:32:11 - Advice for people with Poor/ineffective leaders....
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Oct. 26, 2016
46: Jeremiah “JP” Dinnell & Jocko Discuss War, Fighting, and Life
0:00:00 - Opening - 0:07:30 - JP Dinnell Intro - 0:19:50 - BUDS - 0:24:50 - Deployment - 1:12:13 - Loss of a Team Mate - 1:36:10 - Getting out of The Teams, MMA is a stress reliever. - 1:52:12 - Relationship rough patch. -
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Oct. 11, 2016
44: Negative People, Entitled Team after Extreme Ownership, Managing with your Meyers-Briggs Personality Type.
0:00:00 - Opening - 0:04:12 - Ways to avoid injury when starting Jiu Jitsu - 0:23:31 - When do you use Decentralized Command with a new group. - 0:35:05 - Workouts to become more relaxed in the water & help lower heart rate. -
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Sept. 13, 2016
40: Avoid Conflict Without Being a Weakling, Dealing w/ Random Threatening People, Was Jocko Disciplined as a Kid?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaZ-RrNeRYg - 0:00:00 - Opening - 0:02:14 - Tips for Complimentary exercises for BJJ & Frustrating Moments in BJJ - 0:39:19 - What to do if Others get into adversarial relationships with you without being a weakling....
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Aug. 31, 2016
38: BOOTS. How to Effectively Navigate Life, Land, & the Battlefield. Infantry Columns, On Patrol, The Beloved Captain, Jocko Academy for Young Troopers, The Warpath.
0:00:00 - Opening - 0:10:20 - Jocko takes his kids on PATROL / Land Navigation. - 0:54:00 - The Beloved Captain - 1:23:56 - Dope Internet and Onnit Stuff - 1:28:56 - Leader has High Standards, but no Respect from the team. -
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Aug. 17, 2016
36: Photographer, Kieran Doherty. Images & Experience of Belfast, Iraq, Sri Lanka, Liberia, The Sudan
0:00:00 - Opening 0:14:17 - Belfast 0:38:58 - Iraq War 1:04:30 - Tsunami in Sri Lanka 1:29:04 - Liberia 1:48:08 - Starvation and War in the Sudan 2:02:04 - Wimbledon 2:13:36 - Wooton Bassett 2:33:55 - Closing Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/jocko-podcast/exclusive-content
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Aug. 10, 2016
35: Maneuver Warfare, Being a Rebel, Disarming w/ Words, Sliding into Old Habits
0:00:00 - Opening - 1:13:23 - Cool Interwebs Stuff and Onnit Stuff - 1:15:19 - Random Working out talk - 1:26:05 - Thoughts on UFC McGreggor VS Diaz and Jiu Jitsu - 1:33:40 - Jocko being a Rebel VS Rule-followers -
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Aug. 3, 2016
34: Leif Babin – Ambushed Cops, Benghazi, Tempers, SEAL Combatives
0:00:00 - Opening - 0:10:27 - Is Darkness Taking Hold? - 0:24:18 - When to fire someone. - 0:37:32 - How Leif and Jocko met - 0:58:08 - Thoughts on Bengazi - 1:04:16 - Best BBQ in Texas? - 1:06:52 - Having Hard Conversations -
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July 19, 2016
32: Privileged People, Leading Women Teams, Discipline Equals Financial Freedom, Does Micromanaging Ever Work?
0:00:00 - Opening - 0:01:04 - Loving and respecting privileged people who have less toughness and adversity in life. - 0:09:41 - Thoughts on Enson Inoue BJJ Belt Demotion. - 0:33:34 - Dealing with trainees saying they haven't been trained properly.
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July 5, 2016
30: Overwhelmed Countering Mental Shut-Down, Losing Temper with your Wife, Loyalty to Co-workers vs Ambition
0:00:00 - Opening / Onnit.com/jocko - 0:01:41 - The Aide-de-Camp Position, what it entails, and Jocko's experience. - 0:17:14 - Martial Arts for a wheelchair user. - 0:26:25 - Countering mental shut-down from being overwhelmed. -
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June 14, 2016
27: “How to be Strong, Healthy, and Happy”, “I Remember the Last War”, Bob Hoffman, Being Late, Judo VS BJJ, Family/Priority.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uFS3J4Hqyo - 0:00:00 - Opening - 0:04:58 - "I Remember the Last War" - 1:16:12 - "How to be Strong Healthy and Happy", Bob Hoffman - 1:40:33 - Internet/Onnit/Audible Stuff - 1:44:32 - What to do facing "burnout".
April 26, 2016
Jocko Podcast 20: Parenting? Nature VS Nurture? Crossfit? The Jiu Jitsu Grind. Gaining Confidence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNN0dnB6ivY - 0:00:00 - Opening - 16:50 - Mao Tse Tung, "On Guerrilla Warfare" (translated by Samuel B. Griffeth) - 1:01:25 - Internet/Onnit stuff - 1:04:02 - Memorable moments in Jiu Jitsu? -