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What Jocko Willink Can Teach You About Training For Any Battle
He can scoop me up in the palm of his hand and crush me like a little bug.
When you see him, you imagine Jocko as an aggressive leader.
They one who screams in cadets ear — spit flying faster than the words coming out a drill sergeants mouth.
“ Get down and give me twenty you lower than life piece of shiiittttt!”
Although a dominant stature, Jocko doesn’t appear to be the stereotype you play in your mind based on his physical demeanor.
He’s incredible to listen to — — smart, witty, and funny.
He’s seen tough shit that most of us will never have to experience. He’s trained the world’s toughest soldiers.
He knows what it takes to train for high-stress environments. The keep your life type of situations.
Are there any higher stress-environments than that?
After reading his books, listening to him on podcasts, and being an all-around internet stalker of Jock Willink — the not so creepy stalker I might add — he has a few fundamental training principles.
