Lessons from Jocko Podcast 2: About Face, Mental Toughness, New Years Resolutions

- Colonel Hackworth served learned from hardened WW2 veterans

- Jocko learned from Hack: Always question what people are saying and confirm it is right yourself

- If you let little daily disciplines slip - others are sure to follow

- Avoid incestual knowledge

- Study your adversary. You can't beat them if you don't know what they are thinking

- Turning around Hack's troops required caring for them, giving them a purpose and telling them why

- Reread books - Jocko learns something every time he reads About Face

- Jocko applied Hack's lessons of Vietnam to Jocko's time in Iraq

- If someone accepts their station in life they won't be motivated to do anything.

- Lessons Jiu Jitsu teaches you: humility, respect, discipline, value of indirect approach

- Do not seek approval or praise from other people. Expect nothing. Don't be hung up on getting approval. Go forth and conquer. No one is holding you back.

- How to remain focused: Task, Condition, Standard