This is a very dangerous proverb! Because Mike had a lot of talent in boxing. You can also try to swim upstream against your talents and work in a totally wrong profession. This is also something you hate but should abandon asap. But ofc you have to do things IN YOUR FIELDS that you hate. But if you're in the wrong FIELD you should LEAVE. End of story.

@Grumpy Leprechaun only if they hinder you in your everyday life. But otherwise you shouldn't invest any effort in them. Find and concentrate on what you're naturally good at and you will be successful in life. All the best for you.

@@Yetipfote wisely said my friend

I hate running, so I need to go out running.

@@Yetipfote not always a sustainable option. You cant start all over at $16 hr with a family of six.

You don't get discipline from Jocko. You got it from yourself, he is just the one that enlightened you.

@@kaylag5043 made me laugh though lol

LoL

I'm not sure whether are you just joking or not, but I'm just gonna say it just to be safe. What Jocko Willink is giving you is the value and understanding of discipline. Maybe people communicating through the internet should really state very clearly whether their joking or being sarcastic, because that would safe a lot of time for everyone.

😂

Keep pushing!

I’m 28 and identify with what you’re saying. Stay on the path... I wish I started at 22.. keep going man.

@@anthonypannella9997 At least you started, brother. Enjoy every day of your new life.

@@OTee1998 the first few steps have been amazing, thank you man I needed that!

I need to ask you something I going through this, reality hit me about 1-2 years ago, before that i was going my happy life until i realised i was a fck up. Went through depression and shit amd now im still a fckup, but no longer dwelling on that reality. My mind reverted back to what it was before reality set in. Its like it never happened before. Did this happened to you or im i just confused

no he gives the boring side he should just shut up

Jocko gives the practice, Echo gives the theory

@@mojo5093 Echo nailed this one. Worth it

Ray Carden - lmao maybe in your lame little brain it does

skudjon - no he doesn't, and he never does he's never said anything profound, anything of interest, he's just dead air and if he wasn't associated with jocko, you'd agree you let your feels good control your brain that's very anti-jocko

so true👍

@Wroger Wroger You need to find your affinity, what you're best at and invest in it. You're surely not an idiot, you may just be a fish comparing yourself to cats on how well you climb trees. Point is, find what you're good at.

Yes but if you have not a talent for this field you gonna have a hard time and won't enjoy it!

@Wroger Wroger Simple. Pick one. I'm struggling with that right now myself. I think everyone has an "affinity" in life; it's how they go about finding success with that affinity that I don't know. An idiot may only do the best they can. Maybe they're awesome at stocking shelves, or they rock the garbage truck, maybe they make an awesome omelette, or are a pro with a chainsaw, it's anyone's guess. I would think people are generally more capable than they or others give them credit for. I also think people believe they're idiots if they're not good at what they love and they won't look elsewhere.

That's experience not discipline. I'm a master in 2 fields and run circles around folks but I'm far from disciplined.

*slap*

@@steveb6718 was about to say this didn't quite age well XD

Oooh, that's a big yikes buddy!

@Lucas Portasio Yo. Just because he slapped chris rock doesn't mean everything he said is suddenly wrong

keep my quote out of your fkin mou-

Glad to see someone else point this out. He even apologised for perhaps not getting this point across better.

That’s the extreme ownership he always talks about it. He not only talks about it, he lives it!

Succinctly and wonderfully said.

11:23 people will indeed change when the pain of inactivity is stronger, but some want an easier way. The easiest way is to just get started. I love these two and this whole podcast. I’ll do these things he talks about, and yes it’s hard to start, but I get started. Sometimes it takes me realizing that the pain of inactivity is stronger than the pain of activity, but I’ll change no matter what.

I disagree somewhat. Imho, When the pain of inactivity outweighs the pain of activity people merely hasten, if they hasten enough (in necessary proportion to the pain) only then do they try something, if they don't hasten enough they may continue or just stop. You can see this somewhat mimicked in the fight-flight-freeze-forget response. As a result lasting meaningful changes in oneself are a whole other ballgame.

Amen.

@@nicoleyensen7062 whats the fight-flight-freeze-forget response?

This. A lot. Every time I get asked "where do you want to be in 5 years" I want to tell them that if I thought that far ahead, I'd spend 2.5 years doing the planning and _maybe_ end up where I wanted to be after 7.5 years, if I stuck with a plan for that long, and I doubt I could do that. Initiative and discipline can't be brute-forced, they're like any faculty that a person develops, they have to start small and grow.

I've come to the exact same conclusion after being a lifelong procrastinator. Stop over-intellectualizing things and start living and doing. Have some faith in the process of becoming a stronger version of yourself

Perfect is the enemy of good enough.

Very well said

The most productive times in my life were the ones where I "just did it". No thoughts, no detailed plan, just "finish this project". The most UNproductive times in my life were when I was searching how to be more productive and ended overthinking, overanalyzing everything.

What a great role model!

Hell yeah

Get some.

Get after it brother!!

GET SOME

Nice one man! What cyber security cert is it? I've just started working towards my CompTia network +, looking to get into either CCNA or some cyber security after this!

Jack Ivy hell yeah man, I’m trying to muster the nuts to join up

Jack Ivy good on you brother 👍🏻

I like that positive mindset mixed with confidence and discipline. Imma get after it guys, let's get it!

Good shit

Never had my father around. Had barely my mom around cause she was working 9 to 5. But no excuse. fuk em. I will get into a public med school and give my mother the best gift of her life.

Why are you calling having a 'beautiful' wife an achievement ? I am saying this because shouldn't we see the person for who they are like you could have called you wife as supportive, kind e.t.c but called her beautiful.

Why are you assuming he only sees his wife's beauty as an external thing? It's not like he referred to her as 'arm candy' @@Aryanverma-nx3kh

Leggggo!!!

do it for us do it for one another do it for yourself and do it for each other regardless of the scoreboard!

We gonna fucking make it!

It is the “doing it” that trip some up. Some can’t deal with tripping up and continuing to do it regardless of that trip up and not beating themselves up about it. I believe that is key when someone says they have zero self-discipline or zero willpower or organization. I come from a f’d up childhood and family...alcoholics, drug addicts, etc. I don’t do drugs or drink every week or even every month. I took prescription opiates for years only taking my prescribed dose. I am the one that convinced my doctor to get me off of pain medication and lived through the physical withdrawals. I don’t have any desire to take opiates now, I actually don’t like to take ibuprofen or acetaminophen now. My point to this is that even though I live with physical pain every day, I push myself to do the things that I want to do. I am disciplined to remain active and optimistic.

Amen brother 🙏🏼

This ^^^^ took me so long to learn.

Truer words have never been spoken 💯🙌

Best of luck mate, its gonna be hard but no good things are easy. I’m sure you’re gonna manage and live a good good life 😎💚

Self disciple and resilient will help you get peace of mind. Dont rush all of it at the same time. They are priority, but understand that you need to cut yourself some slack. Once i understood that last part, i had peace of mind. While im still young i may not have it as bad as you, but being able to understand that even though i wasted all my previous years and potential to be somebody didn't mean that my potential and my time are gone. Because time after time i find myself seeing into longer and longer term. Being able to accept being a fckup is what freed me. But this process is yours to go through. I had to sit and dissociate from myself to see me and look at every of my bullshit

Don’t burn yourself out trying to make up for lost time, sometimes your goals in life can be as simple as being at peace.

oh yeah, heard this too often from folks getting back on their tracks. i really hope you are trying(!) your best to not blame you for your own "wasting that time": It is a dangerous, totally natural and very effective way of putting yourself down. I wish you all the strenght to counter these rather normal thoughts/ flashbacks/ regrets. I dont know you, mate but from the bottom of my heart: i love you for trying to make the best out of your life.

@EGB18 You got this brother

Right there with you, Evan. My dad and mom were both in the Marines. I literally grew up doing field day in my bedroom to clean it. Forced to play sports. My dad would quiz me over and over in math to make sure I got A's. After high school, I served 5 years in the Marines. After I got out and all those external sources of discipline disappeared, I fell off hard. Went into debt, gained too much weight, and didn't have someone giving me a mission. It wasn't until recently that I started to actually live life on my own terms. The mission has to come from within. All the things that were forced on me growing up don't even matter. When you know your purpose in your bones, you know exactly what to do. No experienced required. I'm with you, brother. GET AFTER IT

Adam Mac hell yeah I love it, find your reason why you wanna become the best version of yourself. Stop looking for a result, look for your WHY and you will become unstoppable. Wanna go to the gym just to “get muscles” well that’s not a reason that’s a result. Wanna start a business to “make money” that’s not a reason that’s a result. Dig deep for your WHY gentlemen

@@evanpoole6751 Preach!

I had an opposite and quite similar experience, but still learned what I was missing when I fell off the wagon... My parents always struggled with money and fought constantly, until one day they divorced. My sister and I went with my mom, and my dad was left to his own devices. I enlisted in the Marines a year after I finished college and did 3 years, then left because of constant knee injuries. My sister and I both got married during the time, and I found myself falling further into debt. I was trying to start a business WHILE I was paying off credit card debt from getting a neck tattoo removed before enlisting. But I wanted to spend money off base to go to nice sushi restaurants and explore Okinawa because I thought “man, the barracks kinda suck.” I had no one else to blame but myself for not having enough financial discipline to manage my debt more efficiently, and am working my way back into the military now so I can pay my way out of debt. My husband will not (not his decision, I told him not to) help me with my debt until I am starting to work my way out of it and I reach a point of responsibility where I’ve put in the work and he can help me pay of off faster. I’m starting paperwork as we speak to go to Army OCS because my time out of the military (only 6 months) was spent reflecting on my financial mistakes, coming up with a plan to receive another paycheck again, and receiving treatment with a chiropractor....and guess what guys? I can run again. And I’ve come up with a plan to get back into the military. I realized what I was missing my first go-round with being in the Marine Corps, and that was the financial discipline that I WISH I had. This time will be different, and I know who to speak to to get myself out of debt. Not only have I come up with a plan of tackling my debt, but I am making moves everyday to increase my physical activity, going to the gym more often, more runs around the neighborhood, making my bed every morning, meditation, finding freelance jobs (currently building a drop shipping website for a client right now), spending time with my husband, and just getting my mind right. Like Jocko said “GET AFTER IT.” I love this podcast.

💗💗💗

Get to it Malcolm! Get off your ass right now and exercise or do the thing you want to accomplish.

@@tracymiles6681 thanks Tracy! I pray you will grind your way to success also!

Thanks Malcolm!

Bro if you don’t find discipline on your own your life will turn to shit at some point and you’ll have no other choice. Trust me start taking cold showers first thing in the morning and get into body building. Give up all the bs that holds anyone back alcohol, drugs, porn, masturbation, eating like a complete bum. Just becoming disciplined and driven. Cut out all the yes men in your life. Be alone because you’d be surprised who’s toxic in your life and holding you back. Get that fire and don’t be a coward it isn’t worth it life’s to short to be living a pointless life without purpose. Money doesn’t mean shit find your purpose. Watch David goggins, Greg plitt, Tom platz for motivation. Don’t sit around being a weenie get after it or your life will be a complete disaster waste

Praying for you! Pray for me also, my family deserves better from me.

Amen..

Jordan Peterson may have lost the path lately, but all of his older lectures helped me tremendously. Even if you only change .01% a day, you will be 100% better in three years. Just have to have discipline enough to stick it out.

@@method0123 Same here brother, Jordan and Jocko lectures/podcasts have helped me tremendously in making a comeback from the chaos!

Wow, hear hear, exactly what I'm doing right now.

U got it brother!

true,no one change in a day,is a path of struggle but also of happiness and proud,it's only a matter of choices you do.

Get after it!

What if i dont like reading books

@@Filo2211 ever heard of audiobooks?

@@Filo2211 if u not like reading. You have to start liking it.

​@@duumek201 Nah, audiobooks work great for me. Different strokes for different folks. God bless.

Is not your fault being born poor, but is your fault diying poor

@chubbyurma no shit it is is a convination of hard work and inteligence

@chubbyurma then that is the answer, some people are born slaves others are born masters

But we all already know this but this doesn’t help

Same man, this hit me as so funny.

😂

playswith squirrels 😂

How is life going know

Sure. It can also make it harder. Its irrelevant either way. You either do or you do not.

@@kenosabi that fact that it can make it harder is the point which means it matters to some extent lol

When the student is ready the teacher will appear

“People get after it when they feel it.” LOL If you think that’s what discipline is, good luck to you!

@@paulbateman256 diamond one

Although I agree with the sentiment, knowledge is still pretty important, though.

Pablo Dee I don’t think he means this is how people should be, but the way they are The same way most people are undisciplined even though they should be...it’s just a fact that most people aren’t and a fact that most people don’t implement the knowledge they hear until it suits how they feel, despite knowing it would be of use, they cannot overcome the tempting feeling of the easier path, the path they are used to, the path that doesn’t require them to do something new because that would be too uncomfortable It’s in our nature, it’s evolution....but the most powerful thing we have that most of us don’t implement is the power of choice and free will. Just by simply choosing to do so, we can overcome our nature, when every biological instinct says not to do something, we still have the CHOICE to do that thing, and if we do choose, we have the power of true freedom. We can make the choice to go run up a hill 10 times, some of us aren’t physically capable, but some of us are and yet still won’t because they let their feelings make the choice for them, their nature is in charge of them instead of their consciousness. It feels better to eat fast food and cheetos than it does to eat spinach and veggies and so people eat what tastes good, people don’t exercise because it’s too painful and too much work Even though eating healthily and and exercising are beneficial to us, we don’t do them...our very nature is betraying us, in charge of us, taking our freedom from us and we just let it... if it felt good to chop off our legs we would do that too despite crippling ourselves because we don’t do what’s in our best interest, we do what feels go in the moment, what gives us more pleasure than discomfort in the moment, regardless of the consequences The choice to do what is best for us despite the discomfort is always there, most of us are not capable of making the choice because most of us are prisoners to our own nature, however at any time we CAN make the choice to free ourselves. Becoming aware is the first step.

Yesss siirrrrr

Great,good for,you.

Bad Ass!!!

Crush it pal.

Keep at it man!

Goed bezig man, ik zag aan je naam de je wrs Nederlands bent👍🏻

True. I'm in a place right now where I'm just coming to terms with the fact that although my parents love me and did their best and always provided for me on a material level, they left me severely starved and malnourished on an emotional level, which, combined with probably a certain genetic predisposition, left me clinically depressed, anxious, unable to function, and eventually got me the diagnosis of a combined personality disorder last year. Right now I'm focused on fully working through all the grief, disappointment, and anger pertaining to this situation and my parents (together with my therapist). But once I do so, I'll have to forgive my parents and myself, accept what is, and move on and focus on what I want my life to be like. I can't change the past and life is always now. The wake of a boat doesn't determine the direction it is going.

Christopher It’s a tough thing dude. Hard for people that didn’t grow up with an alcoholic or other psychological issues to understand where you are coming from. Forgiveness is key. Realizing that your parents were hurt as well and did the best they could. Good for you to get help. Good luck

The turning point for me was after going around saying "Why me?", i stopped snd said "Why not me? Whay was is so special as to not he dealt a shit hand?" Ill neber forget that, i started laughing more at myself. When shi hits the fan i just sigh and go "Why not me." Helps to get things in perspective.

catch 22. theirbdiea they cant control theur actions and the world pushes them around is the mindset they're used to. Gives em a blind spot

@@Christopher-md7tf Chris. Me too. Please try this book:"12 rules for life", Dr Jordan Peterson. And you can watch his videos here in UKposts. Actually, he was a guest of honor in this very podcast. Love, take care of yourself!

Good to know, There was a point so desperate in my life that I wanted to join the military just for the discipline, and seeing this video and your comment made me realize even more, that you don't need anything to be disciplined, you just need the decision to be disciplined.

How long were you in the navy for?

He’s probably young.

That statement alone gives off an egotistical vibe lol

I see it more like, by saying this he acknowledges Jocko is a strong guy (in whatever sense of the term) and doesn't have many weaknesses but of course he has some, pretty sure he'd agree

😆

The way Echo said it like he was double checking wtf he just read😂

Nice one man

@Coke Dogg lol not yet

This both gives me hope and make me feel shameful for my passive nature. Guess I have a lot of work to do. Hope things have been going well for you.

@@DimkaSulegnaa Do what's in front of you. Don't overthink it. Do one thing at the time.

Funny, my parents never taught me to control my emotions, I had to do it for myself, through videos, meditation, books on cognitive therapy and so on.

Very well said!

Yeah discipline is an act

agree completely, jocko's a class act

thats how a leader behaves

The nuances of exceptional leadership

I love this bro. Self actualization and holding yourself accountable.

This is me every time a customer wants to complaint about something at work.

There is hidden poison in this perspective. The poison is that it isn't always true. Many of the things that happen to us in life are NOT our fault. Meaning, it wasn't by virtue of a failure on our part that some terrible thing happened to us. It is however our responsibility to deal with the consequences of what happens in our life because it is our life. As an example. Lets say a person is sexually abused as a child and the event leaves them emotionally crippled. Telling that person that it is their fault is the last goddam thing you should ever say. Telling them it is now their responsibility to deal with the emotional consequences however is a healthy thing to say because it is the truth. The one slightly healthy thing in assigning personal blame for an event is that it does not dwell on who IS at fault. My ex-wife wanted me dead and did a lot of crazy shit to encourage that end. That's not my fault. It's hers. However, DWELLING on the fact that it is her fault means I am actively abandoning my responsibility to my own life. This is the essence of unforgiveness. She did and said some things that I couldn't image doing or saying in my cruelest moment. Yet I MUST relinquish the right to dwell on that(AKA forgive her), or I will never be able to take up the responsibility for my own life. So I forgive her for her fault, and I will take responsibility for my own future. Fault VS responsibility. Adjust your perspective, and you will have arrived at a better end point than simply saying it's all my fault.

That applys to most but people who are disabled badly from birth it’s more complicated

Thank you. I needed to be reminded of this. I get super hard on myself for not being where I want to be yet

Yes and no. Yes, it's hard to stay long time on the path of self-discipline. No, you can "get" discipline right now. Washing the dishes when you didn't want to is discipline. Walking your dog when you didn't want to. Washing your car by hand on purpose when there's a car wash around the block. It takes a long time to stayed disciplined a long time, but anyone can "get" discipline right fuck!ng now.

"You know the right thing to do. You just have to do it."

Brah, you got a long ass neck!

B. L. Mann I bet you measured

Great saying! Thank you for sharing it. Ive read many bible scriptures referring to this same idea.

Love it 🙌

Didn't know G-Man had a son.

👏👌🏻

Yeoman It also comes from the Latin noun “discipulus” meaning “one who learns” where we get the English word “disciple”. Yes Latin is always better because it’s more precise than English. Greek is the same.

@@pablodee9024 Yours is the base for disciple. The comment at the top was for the teacher. Today people confuse "will" with Discipline. To be disciplined is to be taught. To teach is to discipline. To practice what you learned is to use "will." Today people call "will" discipline. This is wrong on every level.

@@adamwade5612 🙌

Special Knees, that hits home to me!!

My sister in law is almost 60 and still like it. She is back living with her parents, they’re separated so she stays at each house, and none of her problems in life have ever been her fault in her own mind. Everything is always down to x, y and z. She’s never figured out that the common denominator in her issues is her.

@@darrenbetts2987 God damn that's sad

Yeah, it's unbelievable. I did this because of this person, I'm like this because of what my Mum did to me so many years ago. Yes, it's true, early childhood plays a big part in who you become as an adult but there comes a point where you need to just shut the fk up and hold yourself accountable. I know, I used to blame everyone else and never think how I was at fault

Neruro plasticity is high when we’re young so there’s some truth to this kind of thinking. BUT what about motivational videos? Getting a stronger why? Just waiting patiently until the discipline catches up? Eating healthy? Asking for help? What about millions of other things a person can try? I doubt most people have a right to make excuses. Also, we don’t know for certain how this world works so you gotta keep that in mind too before running with shit like the parent model. NOT saying it isn’t true BUT it may or may not be and we don’t know for sure. If you’ve gotta brain that can think and a body that can move then why not try millions of things to improve discipline before you die regardless of weather there’s a guarantee that they’ll work(there never is). Would love to hear other’s thoughts

@@darrenbetts2987 What a horrible way to exist!

My, I guess in the US it would be called Platoon leader, always said the following, when someone said that there‘s a problem: „There are no problems, only challenges.“

@@OneSingleBreath that's fair

Mike Dias You should listen to what he has to say before you Start typing dicipline doesn’t come from parents that comes from within

Use it as FUEL 🔥

Mike Dias, I can’t deny what you are saying has truth, but assuming the veracity of people with similar outcomes to Jocko, like David Goggins come from broken homes with an abusive parent and turn their lives around when they hit rock bottom even when overweight, out of shape and working in min. wage grunt jobs tells another possible story. They somehow come to the conclusion Marcus Aurelius did thousands of years earlier. That if something is humanly possible, then it is possible for them.

Don’t give up

Explained me to a T

UR NOT ALONE BROTHER

Same. I used to give too much but not to myself. The cup has to be full to pour it, and filled with what's like a storm's center of calm within the outer chaos, unperturbed and solid, unshakable and unbroken. That's a beautiful thing and you're worth being fulfilled by not bending to relentless demands.

You’re not alone brother. Onward and upward.

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Get some

Army is suicide for greedy politician. Nice decision

@Diablo Montana he probably won't even see combat

Fucking niice

Ur dying for a country that wants your kids gay

This comment is 7 months old. How are you doing now? Just a concerned random commenter here.