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The Tim Ferriss Show ft. Jocko Willink

8 tactics for leading yourself and a team under pressure. The discipline is not the cost of freedom. It is the source of it.

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With Jocko Willink

"Discipline equals freedom." — Jocko Willink
Jocko Willink, on the episode

People expect Jocko to be the guy who yells and makes you do push-ups. The episode is the opposite. It is a leadership operating system built in the hardest place he could find, sustained urban combat in Ramadi, and the work is done by ownership and detachment, not volume. The same mechanics that ran a SEAL task unit run a company and run your own week.

Tactic 01

Take Extreme Ownership

When something goes wrong, the instinct is to point at the boss, the team, the circumstances. Jocko's rule is that it is your fault, because you have not yet led, educated, or influenced the people around you. He says if your boss is not giving you what you need, "it's actually your fault because you haven't educated them."

The play
Pick one thing currently going wrong that you have blamed on someone else. Write the sentence "this is my fault because I have not yet..." and finish it with the specific thing you control. Then act on that thing.
Tactic 02

Detach To See The Whole Picture

Tactic 03

Discipline Equals Freedom

Tactic 04

Cover And Move

Tactic 05

Prioritize And Execute

Tactic 06

Win The Morning At 4:45

Tactic 07

Mitigate Risk Instead Of Avoiding It

Tactic 08

Keep Two Of Everything

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