I'm a brown belt, and I've been getting my ass kicked by the same black belt since I started, like, I don't even think I've ever even passed his guard. The worst part is, he's starting to get older and he gets injured so he takes time off. My game grows while he is gone and I start to think, "Maybe today is the day that I at least...AT LEAST...pass his guard." Then reality sets in and I've been pretzeled yet again. I love this damn game.
You just gave me some great confidence man! I’m a new wrestler in high school I’m also a freshman on Wednesday (my 3rd practice) I got taken down pretty good and I busted my shoulder by a physically smaller opponent . I’ve had time to contemplate this at home and this really shows me that I can either sit here in sorrow or be a man and take responsibility to get better.
Watching this after almost getting KO’d in a sparring match yesterday, by a dude half my size. Been practicing boxing for three years, first sparring match was yesterday. 3 matches, only one was evenly-matched. Laugh it off, learn from others, and stay stubborn. Keep going back. Bully yourself into going back if you have to. Never quit, y’all.
There is no martial art more natural than shadowboxing. Where in Kung Fu a man might transform to monkey, crane, or tiger. In shadowboxing even a cat or dog will fight with it's shadow. -DW master of Shadowboxing
It takes some humility to tell a "humiliating" story to give us the message that it happens to everyone. Point taken, gotta embrace those experiences and learn from them.
Solid message that I need to hear especially after my mini melt down a few weeks ago after a deal almost fell through (100% owned my mini melt down) was way to emotionally attached to closing that deal. Learning NOT to make decisions based on emotions (never to old to learn) #SelfReflection=SelfGrowth
Jocko, I went through something terribly humiliating in which I was falsely accused. The damage was done and although I've stood my ground, it has never been the same. I've moved on, but it has still cast a shadow over my life. It seems as though only divine intervention could restore me fully. Have you ever needed complete resiliency in the face of an enemy? I feel I need it now but can't find it.
So great for Jocko to share this experience of his. Would be good to hear more (beyond not being snarky) about how Jocko works to not purposefully humiliate others to keep them engaged in learning, excited about learning. Or does he just default to what he calls "I'm a savage?"
Bro all cards on the table here…been in law enforcement for 8 years and that drive home is real! This conversation hit DIFFERENT! Wish we were all more honest with each other about this feeling. 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽 as always thanks guys for the wisdom
I would disagree on the point of never giving up. Sometimes it's wiser to cut your loses. I recently got a job in data entry after a long time being unemployed after redundancy. I was there for 2 weeks but from the second day I started getting severe eye sores and headaches and I NEVER get headaches. I spoke with my manager about it and she was superb, trying to accommodate me in any way she could whether that being altering the screen res, tint, monitor filter, nothing worked. It was all down to looking at lines and lines of text for hours on end. So after a conference call with the head manager we concluded this was not the right job for me and I left on very good terms with them. I cannot fault them for anything, which made me feel even worse. Now I'm applying for border patrol work, specifically checking airport packages for illegal contents. Hope I find something soon because being out of work wears you down mentally. Anyway still love your podcasts jocko. U ROCK!
@@EvanCops It's nice to hear someone understands and not auto thinks I made it up to get out of work. I WANT to work but I totally underestimated what it can take to do this line work, or rather I simply had no idea.
@Elliot Ty. It' hard to find what will work for me as most jobs require full day on ur feet and I have arthritis in both knees with a right partial knee replacement already at 45yrs old so I can't even do warehouse / stockroom work anymore which I absolutely LOVED! But ye Gotta keep trying : ]
I think the best part of this is how you took the feedback of "maybe this is not the right job for you" I think most people would feel personally attacked
What a great episode! It's super helpful to hear about guys like you deal with situations like this and still prevail mentally. You guys are really doing wonderful work helping to inspire people and teach people how to deal with these sorts of situations that we struggle with. Thank you
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I heard a story where Jocko accidentally broke someone's neck while rolling. I wish I could reference it but he puts out an insane amount of hours a week of this stuff I can't even keep up. He didn't like snap it but he cracked a vertebrae guy made full recovery though although I'm sure he feels it when it rains.
To whoever reads this, I hope you have a wonderful day and no matter what stay happy as that is what matters most in life, You are truly amazing and no one can ever take that away from you, Be happy and enjoy life, We don't have long on earth so make the most of it, We’re all gonna make it brah 👑
I felt this on so many levels .. the root of Imposter Syndrome is that doubt that creeps in. Even though we know " I can," we doubt and we ask, "can I"?
LoL thank you for this conversation, it was great. It's a nice reminder for me, when I am feeling shitty, that no matter how much I fuck up, it still won't F*^$ up as bad as Afghanistan. 😬
I just had to come here and praise the effect of jocko's "psychological warfare" album, its gotten me out of bed at 5am for the first time in a year, 100% effectiveness. If you find yourself not motivated just try it, itll fire you up i promise you
Now that I'm past my partying days I just go to sleep early. I love early morning. Everything's peaceful and there's no one to screw with you. I'm asleep at 9:00 at the latest. I'm also an insomniac though I wake up several times during the night so I need to compensate for that time and that helps.
# jocko 4:40 have i wasted my whole life doing something for no reason and im a loser 12:51 bad days will hurt 15:28 get back on the horse 8:00 worst thing you can do is say this isn't for me
Well, you are only humiliated if you feel humiliated. Humble is realizing how close things came to going wrong and all of the reasons why they didn't go wrong. Which is massively humbling, nothing happens in a vacuum.
In Skating there's a Saying "Sometimes you Win, But most times it's the Pavement." That's the Nature of the Skater, Work through the Falls to make that occasional Win. But it's all worth it when the Consistency kicks in, and you level up!
I struggle with self harm and apathy. In reality, the only person who cares about my failure is me. When we have access to all information and all people immediately, it is so easy to discredit yourself when you don't get a like or reply. Self love is hard to come by these days, but I must get out of my mind and into my body. If I go to Krav Maga class and black out from cardio exhaustion. If I fail to make it to the top of that hill running on Dorsett Road. If I take twenty deaths playing Doom Eternal on Nightmare. At least Ill have a story to tell instead of doing nothing. It is so easy to discredit yourself when you don't get a like or response. Self harm is easy because it is scary to truly love yourself and manifest productivity through sheer force of will.
I’m a white belt who has been training casually for 2 years and am able to hang with blue belts and sometimes make purple belts sweat, but I remember recently getting dunked on buy an older guy who had been training for 6 months. Made me question everything on my drive home.
11:45 hahahaha yup i do this every class..... I gotta use more cross chokes, fuck i need to work on side control ..... man i hope our Professor doesn't know i still suck LOL then you roll on an off day and get held down by a blue belt for longer than your comfortable with and question your status as a purple belt on the drive home 😁 Its the fuccing best!
As a 36 year old white belt I am faced with this feeling often! Especially when I get tapped by some of the amazing ladies in my gym lol. I understand that it’s a lesson and an inevitable part of the journey but those emotions are pretty powerful and that ego is a bitch! Here’s to having “days and days” haha😂
It is rather unfair for the master can out fight another black belt who trained him. Jocko knows everything about him on the mat. He should switch to another master to grow.