The Story of Jocko Willink - Full Documentary

Jocko was never born... He was tactically deployed.

Echo did a fantastic job with the edit.

"other than death, all failure is psychological"

“What is my definition of greatness? Helping other people.” Says a lot coming from one of the most badass, accomplished people alive.

My four Aces 1. Christ is King 2. Discipline Equals Freedom 3. Default Aggressive 4. Be an asset, not a liability

15:56: "It's difficult to make a person appreciate freedom when they've never lost theirs." This is why Jocko's "discipline = freedom" is so powerful to me. I've never been a POW (or in the military), but I was trafficked for 5.5 years as a teenager. I was held captive and, for lack of a better word because I don't know another, tortured. I had no freedom and felt like I was stripped of my humanity because I was treated sub-human for so long. I ran away at 17, and I used my fierce work ethic to make sure I never HAD to go back home to that place for any reason. My relentless discipline in all things has given me freedom from my mom and the traffickers, drug addiction, domestic violence situations, homelessness, and extreme poverty. And my continued discipline after I got out of survival mode has given my kids freedom from everything I had to go through in life because they don't have to experience it. The cycle has been broken. That alone is worth it.

A good leader doesn’t tell people what to do, he shows them how to do it.

My buddy who served in the Marines sent me Discipline Equals Freedom…changed my life. Thanks Watkins..thank you Jocko

The straw that broke the camels back; stumbling upon Jocko’s podcast got me started on my Jiu Jitsu commitment.

"Help out other people"..."that's what we are doing"...a best brother on the planet!