How To Make Better Decisions - Jocko Willink and Echo Charles

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Excerpt from Jocko Podcast 147.

[ScottLRoyal]

"Put yourself in stressful situations with the purpose of learning." One of the great gifts of lead climbing, on trad gear. Detach from the stress or fear and do it anyways.

[jr]

I love Jocko, but that’s his first answer for everything:
Q: how do I become a better piano player?
Jocko: learn jujitsu

[EASyourpain]

So jocko reminds me of my father. My dad was a banker. Not skilled in combat. Out of shape. Ect. What reminds me of my father is his incredible knowledge of leadership. My dad took a common sense down and dirty approach to life. He did what worked and he was a great leader/ manager of people. And I get reminded of that everytime I watch this podcast. So thank you for that.

[rainbowodysseybyjonlion]

Exactly what i learned in boxing- push yourself to accomplish in intentional stressful situations, and use that accomplishment in other avenues of life- brilliant advice overall!

[PINEAPPPLEMANZS]

Earlier i was thinking with my ego and emotions but i tonight ive been watching u im feeling more calm and starting to understand what your saying in your podcast to not let my emotions get the better of me i got to say thank u and im glad to find your podcast

[Bomples]

Echo saying “seeing it one time is a way bigger difference than never seeing it”. Totally agree. In a management position I’ve come across situations and been like “how do I assess this?”, then the next time I use that experience and build off of it. I tell my subordinates that you won’t truly know what to do until you’ve dealt with a situation at least once.

[Jaaaackjack]

Looks like Echo’s biceps are about to explode 💪🏼😳

[HairJordan]

Why does Echo have a watermelon for an arm

[lukeakerboom]

Thank you Jocko! You taught one of the best things I have learned at University. As a business major, we always learned and had It drilled in our head that every situation depends. It is your humble approach that matters.

[ಇLiv]

"What stresses out most people?"

Flirting with strangers is a good start

[clothstrangler]

This hit home in the first 30 seconds. Thank you very much

[Yetipfote]

Gotta love Echo's illustrations of the points beeing discussed ❤

[jeffcouncilor]

You dudes really inspire to get our personal stuff together

[johnbain]

I love how this conversation is just straight to the point and it's not all over the place like other podcasts.

[DarkPsyde]

I’m going to use this advice when I play Ghost Recon

[frank]

Does EC pick the specific angles and lighting to highlight his gorilla arms?

[davidgreen]

Zen meditation does wonders. It teaches clarity, commitment, and concentration, and, for me at least, quiets the cacophony and chaos outside before it becomes cacophony and chaos within. Jocko, I recommend Eugene Herrigil's book "Zen and the Art of Archery" as an adjunct to your study of archery.

[Chiefbeach]

Thank you for the wise words jocko. These videos help me out so much here recently in life.

[ryumorita]

Probably the best video about how to detach. I think it should be titled "how to detach to make better decisions"

[surf]

This also points to the importance of observation, because the quality of your potential actions is related to the quality of your observations of the situation.