I definitely don’t think Jocko’s material on “how to get things done” is his strongest suit, and I don’t think he intends it to be really.
I would say that temptations do disappear if you successfully implement a mindset of “it’s really not an option”, but again, the implementation of that mindset in the first place is tricky.
Honestly I think one of the benefits of being in the military, at least for a certain type of person, is that the military provides a supporting framework and incentive structure for building good habits. You work out every day because it’s part of your job, basically. You put yourself through all kinds of physical deprivation because you have to, it’s required, you’re not making yourself do it, you’re being ordered to do it. For the same reason, professional athletes don’t have to badger themselves to go to the gym—going to the gym is aligned with their other goals. For people like me, going to the gym is a distraction from my other goals.
I definitely don’t think Jocko’s material on “how to get things done” is his strongest suit, and I don’t think he intends it to be really.
I would say that temptations do disappear if you successfully implement a mindset of “it’s really not an option”, but again, the implementation of that mindset in the first place is tricky.
Honestly I think one of the benefits of being in the military, at least for a certain type of person, is that the military provides a supporting framework and incentive structure for building good habits. You work out every day because it’s part of your job, basically. You put yourself through all kinds of physical deprivation because you have to, it’s required, you’re not making yourself do it, you’re being ordered to do it. For the same reason, professional athletes don’t have to badger themselves to go to the gym—going to the gym is aligned with their other goals. For people like me, going to the gym is a distraction from my other goals.