Hard Work Actually Works | Jocko Willink and Jordan B Peterson

What would happen if you worked as hard as you possibly can at one thing? If you don't know what you're doing, aim at something. Is it the right thing? No, but it's better than just shooting randomly.
For Jocko, he wanted to be a soldier; even as a small child. In this clip, Jocko explains to Jordan how he was able to make it to the top of the Navy SEALs.
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[@Sonjaic]

"Discipline is a precursor to freedom" Love that!!

[@junior.von.claire]

Freedom requires responsibility to obtain and vigilance to maintain. Discipline is the practice of voluntary enslavement. Ok, fine. I just made these two up.

[@jacobcarroll8181]

repent for your sins and believe the gospel of Christ

[@uptamistik]

​@@junior.von.claireenslavement to what?

[@TheMonteCarlo]

Peterson looks exponentially better each subsequent appearance and I couldn’t be happier

[@frenchnoodles7546]

@Allie Beth Stuckey what are you trying to achieve? I've seen this specific comment being copied and circulated around multiple comment sections. And @Aion, don't listen to this person.

[@jacobcarroll8181]

repent for your sins and believe the gospel of Christ

[@ingaseggebruch4207]

When my little son was six years old, he saw a fencing-match and decided to learn it. He did. Then, in school, his favourite unit was forging. Now he is 23 and a weapon-smith. A very happy one.

[@blackpsalmmusic9180]

I love this, ‘life is about the process’ in action

[@dll7658]

I love how happy Willink is about his time as a SEAL in his teens

[@SK_Esskay]

It’s beautiful

[@jacobcarroll8181]

repent for your sins and believe the gospel of Christ

[@patrykkrzyzanski2159]

He is back 🙂I am so glad to see you in such shape sir.

[@patrykkrzyzanski2159]

@Dr. Jordan Peterson layer

[@danrocky2553]

These two are the truth tellers of this age. His biblical series is a masterpiece.

[@Hato1992]

There is something in what Jordan said. Ever since I was kid, I always loved to create things, mostly games. I made platform games, some primitive video games, even sometimes made new rulese to field game etc. And I'm still stuck with it till now.

[@Iodestarr]

In what way has that continued into your adult life? When I was a kid, we'd go and see our cousins every other weekend and everytime we got together we'd take our Lego or toy cars or whatever and also invent games to play with them that involved stat cards, dice, boards etc..(looking back in this moment I just realized we played WH40k with legos before we even knew what that was lol) Now as an adult the most I do in that regard is Dm for dungeons and dragons lol

[@Hato1992]

@@Iodestarr I'm a programmer, which is already a quite creative job, but also I'm game developer.

[@noam8904]

Anicdote about the greek is really fascinating to me. The hebrew word for "sin" is חטא (H'ett) which holds the same meaning in its root. Literally translates to "missing the target".

[@markowallace369]

“Courage, hard work, self-mastery and intelligent effort are essential to successful life.” - Theodore Roosevelt

[@exbladex99]

Peterson was looking for some deeper connection but really warrior culture, sports, and as Jordan said before in a lecture, gadget/machine/weapon obsession, is something that thrills most men.

[@CorvusCorps]

Positive comment for the youtube algorithm! Thank you JP, you continually help me figure out golden tidbits and integrate them into my life.

[@Steve-xe9iy]

I am just about finished Dr Peterson's 2nd book, ive read thr 1st, I listen and watch you tube videos and lessons. Let me say I am a 55 year old grandfather; whom Dr Peterson has helped tremendously in re evaluating so many aspects of life. Its not just the young men and women , for that matter the the good Dr has helped but even and old man like me :) Thank you Jordan!! Please keep up the great work the honest and open conversation And well wishes to you and your family

[@DEMillerEarl]

The rush is also in airsoft and paintball. I don't know why either but it's a very exciting thing to aim and shoot and hit what you aim at, and have something happen because of it. Without blood consequences :p

[@mrknarf4438]

Sin derives from hamartia, ἁμαρτία, "missing the target". One of JP's lectures that struck me most was the one about the human eye and aim, how we have the second best eye in the animal kingdom after the one of birds of pray, how we're the only ones capable of throwing something accurately, how we have such a large sclera (the white part) so other humans can tell where we are looking exactly, how aiming and targets could be all there is to living a good life, in a larger sense... Truly fascinating, a man without something to aim at is a sad man. We're dualistic, we need to be in the present and in the future; just like a step is only accomplished by losing balance; just like an arrow needs an archer solidly planted here but also a target far away there.

[@Lukasz.Skowron]

That conversation inspired me to think deeply about my childhood sparks

[@kohyarnaderi5928]

Peterson is right, focusing one one goal helps you reach it.

[@danielwright6277]

Oh, I remember ice lump & dirt claud fights...painful, but too fun to quit. Laramie isn't Canada, but damn cold none the less...the rule was, you can't cry and tell adults, because they'd stop the fun.

[@corrick4339]

When is the Elon Musk podcast?

[@JuanDeDios24]

Man i would pay to see that

[@corrick4339]

@@JuanDeDios24 there was a Twitter thread between Peterson and Musk that seemingly ended with it being a plan, or at least a goal, hope it pans out

[@corrick4339]

btw if anyone here has watched the biblical lectures, I'm trying to find a painting he showed during one of them. I believe it has a tree with a fruit, which Jordan Peterson describes as "suffering" and the message is that suffering is what gives life meaning. Anyone have any idea?

[@avongil]

Another incredible interview. Thank You. We missed you Dr. Peterson!

[@reyg.8468]

JP a BIG TEXAS size hug all the way from Dallas, Texas! I’m so happy your health is improving and looking better. 🇺🇸❤️🤠

[@stellarmella9557]

much love to JP and Jocko, changing lives world wide. greetings from Indonesia

[@viliamikato3596]

Thank you for the free precious advice. Respect from the South Pacific..

[@whatsupfamily]

Hard work will never disappoint us 🔥

[@Snibble]

Again I could like this video within the first sentence! in der beschränkung zeigt sich erst der meister.(one of my favorites lately) Only way to get there is with hard work and then you can look to expand on that first one. Which again is hard work and the hardest work might be to keep playing and knowing you do what you love and to keep your goal in mind and not to stray or get confused along the way.

[@skubz81]

This was great and absolutely hilarious. Two of my favorite public people.

[@ktoth29]

Its Captain America and the Red Skull

[@mjolninja9358]

Thank you Dr. Peterson

[@grimajo]

Sounds like young Jocko was interested in adventure and danger, or the aspect of the hero.

[@RAMPAGE36542]

That’s what it sounds like to me, too!

[@lfx2mlfx2m8]

I remember a friend from school just like Jocko who was forced to do a couple of months of buearo work in the military after he completed his physical training, he was miserable and to this day I don't understand why he had to do this.

[@EduardoPedroCarvalho]

2:15 that was funny af

[@EduardoPedroCarvalho]

@Dr. Jordan Peterson bruh

[@LLPOF]

I want to be like a combination of these guys. I would be a badass on so many levels.

[@DaveyKanabus]

Do it.

[@theblackspark2644]

Yeah!

[@thesunshinehome]

For a psychologist, he's terrible at letting other people speak

[@psibarpsi]

After watching a Ted talk, a movie and watching/listening a bunch of other things about Navy SEALs and their stressful, PTSD-inducing lives, it was quite a change to hear Jocko's account of it. Every story does have two sides.

[@thomast1420]

Love this man

[@daveyt4802]

Who doesn't like these two?? Discipline mentally and physically.

[@vjm3]

If Jordan Peterson is Red Skull, then he's a better good guy than Captain America could ever hope to be.

[@gregevans6109]

Doc, damn good to see ya laughing. God bless.

[@philsavage7153]

Man prof Peterson's dad sounds bad ass! No kidding the prof is one as well.

[@jakewalker1586]

Faith in the UK. 🇬🇧

[@samratspeaks]

The mind and the body!!

[@dreadnaughticus]

Is Jocko being recruited for Hydra now or what's happening?

[@reyg.8468]

I actually did have rock fights with simblings/friends in my former little farm I was born in Mexico. Remember getting hit on head 😂

[@veeneemaas]

Recalibrate your aim .. true ..

[@johnankrah299]

Peterson is a much better guest than he is a host.

[@danielq888]

Red skull and Captain America part III

[@JosephDeVictoria]

I think there is something specifically in the male brain that is extremely interested in hitting targets. I have always been interested in firearms and shooting, absolutely to the point of obsession similar to your father. Recently I have found that disc golf scratches that same itch and I suspect that is some evolutionary imperative driving that fascination. (hunting? hitting the target?) These sports (and others like them) are overwhelmingly male dominated and it seems like pulling teeth to get women as interested in them as men.

[@Snibble]

I can't deny my father liked to hit the target. Personally I just like photography so yes, I think you might be on to something there.

[@Snibble]

@Dr. Jordan Peterson Yes take my riches; how about galatians 6:7, ezekial 25:17 and Matthew 6:10. Good luck my friend! Better repend before it is too late. 2DAYS could be enough if you get to work right away. Or do you value money above the word of God?

[@doriandeslatte8226]

Jocko: Always knew he wanted to be a soldier when he was a kid. Me: Always knew I was going to Die a warrior

[@Farmingtoon]

0:30 1:27 jbp

[@unclefurbiesvoice9902]

"Hard work pays off" is inaccurate. A better phrase may be "Hard work pays off (income-based only)". So It might apply, if you are earning 20-25k+ per year. For those who don't earn or require such income, it does not pay off. You could be working 55 hours a week night and day for years on end, but if you're not in a certain "Income band", it will not pay off. Not in crappy "modern U.K.".

[@jackdavidson9207]

It's not always a financial element as it's described within the JPs book.

[@jennakarpe2783]

That’s so cool how since a young age all he wanted to do was be a soldier

[@Clartred]

Yeah, it's so cool to be a guy who invades other country and kills civilians! GO US ARMY!

[@Snibble]

He only thought he did. Almost every boy likes to have snow fights and run around with sticks even tho it's allowed less and less which is totally ridiculous! Not everyone convinces himself it's okay to shoot someone you never met in their country because you're told to do so by someone you don't really know for reasons you often don't really comprehend. If you think that's cool.. cool.. I am not blaming anyone who joins the military or saying they 're all bad guys. Most of them are actually good people and military discipline can bring out the best or the worst in people. It's where the focus is.

[@trevermccall6762]

👍

[@WilliamJonesChess]

Choose your weapons Jock Willink: I choose rocks Jordan Peterson: I choose ice 05:25 Jordan Peterson's Neighbour: I choose tomato 09:21 to 09:42

[@519MaLoNeY]

Dirt lump fights 😂🤣😂

[@icephoenix1024]

Well life supose to be about discipline i think... but not all of the time.

[@jaredk6789]

jocko is an adrenalin junkie, who woulda thunk it😂😂

[@Snibble]

I remember I liked to find worms for birds and to pull out wings from living flies to make new species and see them walking around like nothing happened .. only God knows how I got a hold of them so often..I also liked to trip other kids to get to the tricycle bicycles first and treat them on water ice with two popsicle sticks. Now I am just a happy psychopath xD

[@Snibble]

Btw.. worms have a ring that marks the line if you can make 2 or not. .. And enough of that. Now I can't swat a bug without feeling a form of disgust and guilt in the core but I'll if they invade my space... and I can get a hold on them.

[@miguelcvant5228]

So if i dont know what to do and I read about different things, practice piano, and learn english everyday I should stop doing all of that and focus on 1 single thing all day long? I didnt get the idea

[@Jezpe316]

Pretty much, simplified. You can do everything badly or get good ad 1 thing.

[@daniellewardd]

There’s a video where Peterson talks about creative people and discipline. My understanding of that video is that you should have a primary focus on one thing and everything else is secondary. So, don’t give up piano, English...et cetera 😄

[@Ikaros23]

At some point is time to acept the fact that you might not have a « call/dream», and that it’s time to discipline the art of minimalism and getting rid of the habbits/projects that no longer serve you. This give you the momentum you need to fucus on a few chores and specialise. His point is that it’s better to make this sacrifice than to be to scattered in your focus.

[@mediocreape]

oh Jordan i love you man but let the man finish his thought.

[@hollow4y126]

Can’t say that and then say that IQ is the most important. No coherence at all

[@ThePhinista]

lmao i can imagine young jocko in a fucking rock war at like 8 years old

[@trevor9009]

🦾🦾🦾

[@danielrazulay]

Wrong! Hard PLAY works. Do what you love or be miserable. If you do what you love, the hard work will follow without fail, and the discipline will be effortless. It's in the word. 'Discipline'. Be a disciple of your passion. Learn, to the best of your abilities, the ins and outs of what interests you most, then work towards the common good with it. It will become you.

[@robg4472]

“I wanna kill ... sergeant pinned a medal on me said your our boy” Arlo Guthrie

[@roronora]

Did you ever have ROCK fights when you were a kid?

[@roberthughes6919]

No

[@akshaygulabrao6516]

.

[@hershchat]

It’s like listening to two troglodytes, one honest but not so good with words, the other crafty and spinning a mythology around being a troglodyte. Now we know how the myths came about.

[@randy5336]

Almost got first.

[@SirRanjid]

Also first!

[@DjZephy]

Peterson is so obnoxious and presumptuous

[@Donorito]

Ok

[@kingsufyan797]

Again 1st

[@Snibble]

@Matěj Polouček I think he just collected.

[@jamisojo]

No life?

[@Snibble]

@@jamisojo you?

[@ExistentialWill]

Peterson knows nothing of hard work though, or else he'd actually know a thing or two about philosophy and leftists. He knows those things mostly through the prism of Stephen Hicks' "Explaining Postmodernism", one of the most slanted, poorly-researched, and ideological books I've ever read. I mean, get your OWN opinion on the matter. That is to say, do the work to make up your own mind about it.

[@thembones9268]

Really bent over backwards there trying and failing to find a smooth transition into your off-topic criticism.

[@scparker6893]

Telling him to get his own opinion while parroting the opinions of his leftist detractors. Brilliant job.

[@guitar0wnz]

Is this a bot?

[@jamisojo]

You don't sound very smart Will.

[@Jon-qw2oe]

"Hard work will always overcome natural talent ,when natural talent doesn't work hard enough" Sir Alex Ferguisson.