Listening to Jocko has allowed me to develop the mindset to kill my excuses and lose 80lbs in 6 months. I couldn't run 1 mile without stopping multiple times but this weekend I'm running my first half marathon! Discipline = Freedom!
Truck driver, 14 hours on, 10 hours off, and limitations on free showers. No excuses! 30 minutes spent with small exercise mat, one kettle bell, and one dumbbell. Lots of other drivers strange looks too. No excuses!!! Get after it!
"I'm too busy" is what people say when they don't want to offend people with "that is not my priority" Taking ownership of some things means deciding that other things are not where you'll put your time and attention. It is also what people say when they are overwhelmed and don't know *how* to focus their energy on their priorities.
"For many people, an excuse is better than an achievement because an achievement, no matter how great, leaves you having to prove yourself again in the future but an excuse can last for life." - Eric Hoffer
I'm driven by what Jocko does. Motivation, exhilaration, and provocation are temporary. DRIVE is what gets you to your destination. One after the other. Have an awesome day! I mean it.
An excuse is a choice, wrapped in a polite fiction. "I don't have time" really means either "this is not my priority" or "I don't have a method to focus on my priorities." But the first statement offends people and the second bewilders them.
I’m also a truck-driver.13 days on,1 off. My company is very short-handed.70 plus hrs. every week. I was looking at the Jocko Store,looking for some shirts to buy.This was six weeks ago, they didn’t have any shirts in 4xl. I was pissed-off! I got back in the gym 11/2-2 hrs five to seven days a week now. I’m down 22 lbs, and just got my first Jocko shirt today in the mail today. This is just the start for me! Jocko is a national treasure! I’m fifty years old, and I have more energy now than I did twenty years ago. I’m not gonna stop! Get in the game people!
I play this for my children every morning. What do you know? The number of excuses in the household has gone waaaaay down…. Pure magic. Nothing but deep love for Jocko.
they could also be holding back telling you their reasoning as they've conflated that it too is a lie. This all or nothing way of thinking he's got here can easily be abused there is a line between reason and excuse/lie and he's not doing anything but sound bitting the majority of people are not able to distiquish and were never taught to what is an excuse vs the truth to him no matter what you say that isn't yes lets do it or no lets not is an excuse apartently.
No excuses. Overweight (113 kgs), dead end job, girlfriend left me, no friends, 12 hour work day and still getting in a 100 push ups every single day, 7 days a week. No days off!
This is in the top 3. The passion delivered here is mega. Massive impact. Cutting through that bullshit that we create for ourselves and try to trick ourselves. This one is fundamental.
These short videos are so good! Each one is more motivating than almost anything else out there. They're honestly helping me get my life in order. Keep em coming!
HELL YEAH!!!! I found something that makes me look further into the unknown. To dream so big it scares the hell outta me. THANK JOCKO!!!! Thank you for your warrior spirit that brings out the best in others!!! NO EXCUSES!!! NO PRISONERS!!!
Thank you for sharing your hard earned lessons. You have inspired me in so many unexpected ways. I come from a world polar opposite of yours but I find common ground and wisdom in your lessons. Thank you.
I think this lines up well with Jordan Petersons worldview that once you start engaging the world in ways in which you believe it to be true you will become a much better person.
It's a bit more abstract than that. I'll warn you ahead of time that I am not very good with words, but I'll do my best. Jordan Peterson's "truth" is strongly tied to practicality; if an action is useful in you accomplishing your goal then it is a truthful action. Sitting around overthinking the situation, procrastinating, and waiting for the unrealistically perfect moment; if you know in your heart that this is not going to help you get after it then you are going to be a miserable person. A clear thinker who can see that short time suffering will lead to accomplishing his goal and toughs that suffering out will be a happier, more courageous person at the end.
SugarSmear I thank you a lot for your comment, what you're describing is exactly the situation I'm finding myself in since over 10 years. I know well HOW I got to come to this point, and I think I also know how to get out of it, but actually doing it is quite another story and much harder. Yet, it always feel encouraging to hear somebody describe the situation so accurately that you feel you get one more key to open another door to freedom. Thank you very much :)
Dude, I just recapped on Peterson’s interview with Joe from ep 877, I needed to be reminded of the power of truth, chaos, and order. Came to Jocko’s channel for some extra inspiration. Low and behold, this is the first video I watched, and now I feel like the universe is really trying to show me the importance of truth. I followed a strict line of truth for about 8months, everything was going great, I started to fall behind, now I’m being reminded of square one all over again.
A lot of the advice I’ve heard from Jocko has taught me to face new challenges, step up to the plate when no one else will, and know that anything can be done. It’s all just one small task at a time. Nothing is hard if you break it down to one small, seemingly insignificant, task at a time. Also don’t get worked up about shit you can’t change or prevent from happening. Let the inconvenience teach you. Let hardships callus you. If something negatively affects you and you don’t have any way of stopping it, toss your anger aside, get up and get to work. Forget it. Keep your eyes on the task at hand and soon enough, you won’t give a fuck about the thing that negatively affected you anyways.
I think the reason people make up excuses all the time is that they, at their core, aren't sold on why they should do said thing they're procrastinating from.
This is a really important point. "I don't have time" is often a polite fiction for saying "this is not a priority for me." Other times, it means "I need to learn/build a better time management system".
This is as powerful as his video on extreme ownership. Granted, in life, often there are other factors in why something happened, but if you never OWN the situation and examine what part you played in producing the outcome, you will keep repeating the situation as you didn’t learn anything. There are “reasons” for why things happen, but excuses are used to keep you from recognizing the REAL reason...that you’re lazy, unmotivated, don’t want the goal enough to pursue relentlessly, etc.
You also need to Know Thy Self. Otherwise, you won't be able to direct channel your impulses into the actions that get results. Example: If you have ADHD, you need to know the systems to build to signal your priorities and to channel your Hyperfocus toward your goals.
I broken my ancle, three places, I do everything on foot, no car. No one offered me a ride to the store or anything. Going back and forth to Walmart, 16 miles... never went to a doctor, no cast. Pain can be a useful motivator. Broken ancle was no excuse not to look after myself. Took three months to heal
On Saturdays and Sundays I've been having ''issues'', procastinating and not going to work, even though they are the best days, lots of customers at home.......This video gave me an excellent idea, I totally recomend it, if you read this post: Simply make a list of all those lies and excuses you tell yourself not to do the things you need to do, make a list! I already started mine, doesn't take an hour, just two minutes, think about it for a second then get out there, work my full shift. For example, on top of my list is: ''I'm too comfy, I can make it up next day, I just finished a zoom meeting and need a few more minutes to ''prepare something'' SUUUURE!! LIEEEE!!.........those ''few more minutes'' turn into hours, and come next day and do the same thing, until I end up doing the opposite: to leave that soo ''badly needed'' break time for next day and so on, so NO MORE F$&#ING LIES!!..............
Spot on. One thing all vets can agree on is that the military taught us….. we can do anything if motivated to do it. We were created in the image of God…. We can do ALL things. You’ve got the Power
“You don’t have the support -lie” and this is the truth if you really look at it. Where do we all find strength and support when all else fails? Exactly. There is support if you only look in the right direction, and if you believe in a higher power.
This is exactly what Jordan Peterson means by “Don’t say(&/or do) anything that makes you weak”. I remember hearing that at age 17, with a broken past and an absent future. Now, I just turned 23, with a beautiful wife and a daughter on the way, and my future couldn’t be anymore ideal. Sure, it’s been hard keeping a stable job- minimum wage isn’t exactly adequate for minimum living at the moment- but my partner and I are healthy and happy. Sure, we’re a bit stressed (it’s gonna be a lean Christmas for a couple of years), but it’s nothing we can’t handle. Life comes at you from all fronts, whether you pay attention and own it, or hide and ignore it. So get out there. Make the smallest, honest victory you can truthfully tolerate being proud of and start from there. Rinse, repeat. Listen to your resentment and self-loathing- that’s the sound of the keys to paradise rattling
I want to become an actor but I have horrible cystic acne that won’t/will ever go away. That’s may sound like an excuse but no that’s just me being realistic. There is no way I can become a successful actor with horrible acne. Sometimes excuses aren’t just excuses but reality checks
1) It is important to be able to say "no, no I've looked at this and I'm not lying." 2) It is important to spot when you've made a limiting assumption. What is the name of your podcast or radio show? Have many days until your next meeting with your voice coach?
I would've loved to serve under Jocko. Phenomenal leader in everything he does. When I went through boot camp, "Good" was our company motto. And when we were performing evolutions, we would scream "Discipline equals Freedom!" Get some!
Here's my situation if anyone wants to offer their advice I'd appreciate it. When I was in the 3rd year of my degree studying finance and accounting I got diagnosed with Crohn's disease. Basically I get the sudden urge to shit with almost no warning and it got so bad that I couldn't continue my studies. The breaking point was when a lecturer asked me in front of the entire class if I was taking drugs because he noticed I would leave at least 3 times per lecture. The embarrassment and the shame I felt then destroyed me, so I said to myself. Enough is enough. I couldn't keep putting myself through this torture. But now it's 5 years later and what progress have I made in life? I work night shift in a hotel mostly cleaning. I've been doing this for 5 years now and the only way I can describe my life is with the title of a film you may have heard of. 'Ground Hog Day' To reduce the amount of "symptoms" I will eat once every 2-3 days. This is the only way I've found that makes life barely workable. Anyway I guess my question to the Jocko and Echo family is What am I meant to do? I feel like I'm stuck. I can't move. I'm frozen. And I guess that's all I've got time for now. This is Ryan, Out.
Ryan. Check out the Keto-Genic Diet. Read about it learn it google it against your disease maybe it's the solice your looking for maybe not but it's worth a shot.
Keto for sure. It might not work but would be a great place to start. If you decide to do it, be patient with it. Might take 6 months to start seeing real results.
I can relate bro! I have ulcerative colitis. Have you seen a doctor? What meds are you on? Keto doesn't seem to work for me. I have better luck with the SCD Diet. Facebook has a couple of good support groups. It sucks but once you find the right meds and diet things should mellow out. Don't give up! Keep experimenting! Keep trying! It's exhausting but you'll eventually find something that works of you keep searching!
