Jocko Willink ON: Leading Like a Navy Seal & Taking Extreme Ownership of Every Problem in Your Life

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<p>Jocko Willink (<a href="https://twitter.com/jockowillink">@jockowillink</a>) joins Jay Shetty to talk about extreme ownership and discipline, switching from a competition-based to a collaborative culture, building trust even in stressful situations, and mastering your self-discipline. </p> <p>He is a retired naval officer who served in the Navy SEALs and an author of several books including Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win. He also co-hosts Jocko Podcast that discusses discipline and leadership in business, war, relationships, and everyday life. </p> <p><strong>What We Discuss with Jocko:</strong></p> <ul> <li>00:00 Intro</li> <li>02:08 The most <strong>difficult thing to go through</strong></li> <li>02:57 How do you <strong>process a difficult situation</strong> and be ready to go through the experience</li> <li>06:07 <strong>What you go through is your present</strong>, nothing else will matter</li> <li>08:18 Are you <strong>born a leader</strong> or did experience make you one?</li> <li>13:44 Working through <strong>procrastination and overthinking</strong></li> <li>18:01 Lessons learned from joining the Navy Seals</li> <li>20:14 Turning a competitive and comparison based culture to a <strong>collaborative culture</strong></li> <li>26:37 <strong>Principles and methods to build trust</strong> in high stress situations</li> <li>29:53 The <strong>biggest leadership mistakes</strong> and the key takeaways </li> <li>33:20 Rather than beating yourself up, <strong>practice extreme ownership</strong> </li> <li>36:34 <strong>Taking criticisms</strong> from someone you don’t respect</li> <li>38:54 Your ego against the <strong>decentralized command</strong> strategy</li> <li>43:07 When people are <strong>struggling with self discipline</strong>, where do you start? </li> <li>47:06 <strong>Start self discipline</strong> by waking up earlier in the morning</li> <li>49:24 <strong>Life lessons learned</strong> after leaving the military</li> <li>53:20 Jocko on Final Five</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-purpose-with-jay-shetty/id1450994021"><strong>Like this show? Please leave us a review here</strong></a> - even one sentence helps! Post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally!</p> <p><strong>Episode Resources:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Jocko Willink | <a href="https://twitter.com/jockowillink">Twitter</a></li> <li>Jocko Willink | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jockowillink/">Instagram</a></li> <li>Jocko Willink | <a href="https://jockopodcast.com/">Podcast</a></li> <li>Jocko Willink | <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Jocko-Willink/e/B00ZY7MWW8%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share">Books</a></li> </ul> <p>Achieve success in every area of your life with <a href="https://shetty.cc/OnPurposeGenius">Jay Shetty’s Genius Community</a>. Join over 10,000 members taking their holistic well-being to the next level today, at <a href="https://shetty.cc/OnPurposeGenius">https://shetty.cc/OnPurposeGenius</a></p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>