How To Practice “Normal Face” – Jocko Willink
how do you practice normal face so same and the reason that group these two questions together is because there’s a little there’s some similarities there you know how do you practice normal face which is a legitimate skill by the way yes sir it’s it’s oh it’s funny little game if you haven’t heard […]
How To Tactfully Deliver the Truth – Jocko Willink
since we are talking about delivering the truth I’m gonna actually jump into this little section right here which is called tactfully delivering the truth when delivering criticism it is important to do it with consideration and delicacy if you punch someone in the face with criticism they will become defensive and are unlikely to […]
Do Leadership Principles Change With A Growing Company? – Jocko Willink
when you grow in size in an organization do you have to change the principles of combat leadership from extreme ownership or adopt new ones no oh wait so but I asked this kind of we do you have to do any easier either of these right that’s kind of the question do you have […]
Even With a Short Attention Span. This is How You Get Big Tasks Done, Jocko Willink & Echo Charles
chuckle how do you read books to prepare for podcasts how do you read a book to extract maximum benefit any advice on keeping yourself focused and being patient while reading books so this was a series of reoccurring questions that were about kind of how I read and I’d grabbed three of them that […]
How To Deal With A Team Member’s Suicide – Jocko Willink
chuckle I’m a sergeant in my country’s army the reason that I’m sending you this message is because of a tragic incident in our unit this week a young enlisted soldier committed suicide he shot himself with his issue rifle this came as a shock to all of us he was a bright smart and […]
Lessons Learned in Boot Camp – Jocko Willink & Jason McCarthy
I love the fact that I was really young going throughout cuz you’re just too dumb to figure I mean I just I would look I would not want to go through wheat when I was 24 years old I wouldn’t have wanted to go through boot camp I mean I would have done it […]
How To Work With Overthinkers – Jocko Willink
Jaakko echo how do you work with people who overthink things the classic over-thinker what does that mean the over it means they won’t pick up this pen right here because they look at and say hmmm I wonder what the way to that pen is and if I should pick it up right now […]
How To Win As A Young Leader – Jocko Willink
I’m 26 years old I’m currently an undercover detective I’ve recently been told that I’m being promoted to sergeant over our departments Investigations Division I’ve been the youngest person to hold that position in our departments history all the guys I’ll be in charge of our much older some in their late 40s how do […]
Jocko’s Issue With Holding People Accountable – Jocko Willink
how do you balance extreme ownership with holding others accountable for their actions and avoiding them using you so this is actually a question that I end up responding to on a fairly regular basis and there’s really a couple different angles here that are going on the one of the the points here is […]
Nature vs Nurture – Jocko Willink
chuckle what is more important in being successful at achieving your goals nature or nurture okay so this is the classic question of nature versus nurture and in my opinion it’s neither then my whole life I’ve seen people from every different strata in a SEAL Teams you had everybody you had Ivy League kids […]