Jocko Podcast #15

[Admin]

Published on Mar 23, 2016
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0:00:00 - Opening

0:04:40 - Henry the 5th

0:51:29 - Internet Questions / Onnit (www.onnit.com/jocko)

0:56:30 - Opinions on "regular" Army Infantry

1:02:06 - Jocko's lessons and breaking his own rules in Jiu Jitsu

1:09:29 - Consoling team members who failed task.

1:15:09 - Advice for entering the Military straight out of highschool.

1:20:50 - Can you teach aggression / Alpha-behavior?

1:31:16 - What Jiu Jitsu style does Jocko have?

1:40:55 - Is Jocko's advice only for driven individuals?

1:54:24 - Advice for breaking lazy habits and procrastination.

[norrisbuffalo]

My sister (notably born on St Crispin's day) was an a English major in college and now teaches all forms of modern & classic literature, fervently, to dozens of unsuspecting pupils each semester. If you can't discuss Shakespeare, with at least passing knowledge, at my family gatherings then thanksgiving/christmas/easter are going to suck for you. Jocko did a great job breaking down Henry's rabble rousing. I, particularly, liked his own personal reading of Henry's "band of brothers" speech. For those who do not know about the battle of Agincourt I strongly recommend you go read about it. It was a beautiful, classical battle that reminds us that horrible things in history had almost artistic designs. After 4 centuries of mounted knights dominating warfare (since the norman conquest of 1066) the very young Henry with a very few proper knights and a bunch of tired men from Wales faced down a bunch of tired, arrogant French aristocrats too proud of their armor and horses to make good battle plans. If you shot a the movie you'd need a love interest and a friendship/betrayal, but in reality all you need to do is taunt a bunch of haughty noblemen who believe themselves invincible to charge while you flank with a weapon they have discounted as a child's play toy. I have been an archer for many year and while I'm not very good I can appreciate the devastation that would have been wrought, not only on the lives, but on the prides of those who thought themselves superior. It was a lesson of humility. Better to learn it at the point of a pen than the point of an arrow.

[Admin]

Well said!
-Admin

[cliff]

Very cool insight, Norris. There's always so much complexity in unexpected places in Shakespeare, combined with universal themes, it's what makes his work a classic.

I have no military background myself, but the but the Band of Brothers monologue has a special place in my family history. During World War 2, my grandfather served as a navigator on a bomber under Chennault in China. Apparently, Chennault quoted the speech at length during one of the mission briefings. Hearing Jocko's interpretation gives depth to what I imagine my grandfather heard.

[jd]

Thank you, Jocko and Echo

The reading was on point Jocko