How To Stop Sliding Into Old Bad Habits - Jocko Willink

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Excerpt from JOCKOPODCAST 35

[@ArvidTheViking]

When Jocko brings out the Shakespeare, you know shit’s about to go down

[@ironmaiden1236541]

I like this. I've found in the past year, it's not the doing of the hard thing that is a problem or struggle per se, such as leg day, it's the thinking about doing it.

[@thundergrace]

Like what?..he has to go to the bathroom?

[@thundergrace]

Or rather he is going to flush toilets for a living! Lol

[@ArvidTheViking]

Lol

[@PowerMatrixAnime]

Haha!!! Exactly! He is nuts!

[@MrPlausibleDenial]

“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”

[@gazicj]

@@richsullivan6957 wow, no shit. thx for the info

[@arcadestation167]

Yeah man you are right

[@doreen8855]

Thank u so true.

[@JiyutoSeigi]

It's easy sometimes to forget that Jocko was an English major in college. Then there are moments like this.

[@b0ss643]

Jocko is the perfect example of the Warrior Poet

[@ParzivalMcfly]

This video came up just when I slid back into an old addiction that has held me down for so long. Thank you for this.

[@laniakea777]

I'm am in the same fight now. I am with you

[@rexhenderson7020]

Same here

[@chxseventura]

You doing better champ?

[@ParzivalMcfly]

@@chxseventura life has definitely had its ups and downs, but I’m definitely on the upswing as I pour myself more into reading, working out, focusing on me and my wife, and overall minding my own business.

[@haroldi.6450]

Same boat. Were all gonna make it brothers

[@AndreAlessiCastro]

Bringing Shakespeare to talk about discipline, what an absolute legend.

[@jpoconnor2857]

Learning New habits is only difficult because the old habit is so ingrained and difficult to unlearn.

[@0xstev3]

Make it really hard to do the old habit, if you can. Delete your instagram, delete the donuts, throw your tv away etc

[@BG-nl3hy]

Don't like the "only difficult" part of that

[@gnarthdarkanen7464]

It's actually not... Like anything else you're going to learn, it only takes time and practice... repetition. SO... when you catch yourself breaking back into "bad old habits" just STOP... lower your head... admit it. It's okay to be human. FORGIVE YOURSELF... Show that little modicum of patience our teachers showed when we "goofed" in class. Learning the new habit isn't any different from learning math or history in class. You goof up. It happens... We're ALL guilty of it. I've f***ed up royal. Jocko's f***ed up royal. Every single person who posted to this thread has f***ed up royal!!! SO hang your head a moment. Admit it. You've f***ed up royal, too. SO what??? Own it... and move on. Stop doing that, and do the new thing... that "hard" thing. (for sake of example)... Put the damn donuts down, and grab the kettle bell. Close out FB, Insta, YT, Tumblr, (or whatever) and put the phone away... DO YOUR CHORES FIRST. Turn off the damn game-station, and get your homework done... PROPER DONE. Look, we all have "bad habits" that we know are self destructive. Face them in their turns. We ALL backslide a little bit. It seems hopeless after catching ourselves that "ump-teenth" friggin' time, doing the "same dumb sh*t"... BUT STOP... Breathe... Forgive yourself being human and fallible. Remind yourself, "Anything worth doing is going to be difficult, dirty, and probably dangerous."... THEN rectify the problem this time, too. The only thing you shouldn't do is give up. Success is ONLY a matter of NOT QUITTING... nothing more and nothing less. You make good progress one day... and fall flat on your ass the next... but you don't quit. You just get up, dust off, and soldier on... keep on doing. You really can get "there" from here. I believe in you. ;o)

[@bobkin611]

You can say that shit again.

[@gnarthdarkanen7464]

@Carlton mujem You're welcome, brother... "A saint is only a sinner who keeps on trying." ;o)

[@Orrator900]

Only Jocko can go from reading Shakespeare to kettlebelts in less than 4 minutes. He’s the man

[@haroonabassi1821]

Lmao my man Jocko's talking about kettlebells over here and then suddenly I get a Kettle potato chip ad. Skynet needs to get a grip.

[@lsb2623]

Interesting... I got an ad for industrial strength bells. Why would I need anything louder than a church bell?! Im happy with my hotel desk bell, to tell you the truth. damn stalker ads.

[@haroonabassi1821]

@@lsb2623 lmaooo

[@82stuntman]

Lmao

[@AnOceanOnFire]

And I got an ad for a shitty mobile potery app for 50 year old Facebook users! Yay me... Fuck that ad

[@randallt6628]

(X) Doubt

[@landonic81]

Hey everybody reading this. I hope you're having a great day today. Be you're best today.

[@aaronanderson7619]

You as well sir.

[@Rawdiswar]

Thanks Nick.

[@Mukund472]

Not great yet, but will be now

[@Kojas]

Thanks

[@dustincupples7735]

Thanks, Nick. I appreciate that and hope you're having a good day as well.

[@apxprdtr_mge]

*Hesitation is defeat.*

[@WillJM81280]

Anyone else want to hear Jocko read Shakespeare audiobooks?

[@DanielBarron45]

I am curious as to what his witches voice would be like.

[@CletusEinstein]

Can he recite the Itsy Bitsy Spider

[@theundead1600]

Intense.

[@johnvaness8445]

Yup!

[@ki-td5yb]

"There is a tide in the affairs of men. Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat, And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures." - Julius Caesar Act 4, scene 3.

[@johnconway82]

That's beautiful. Powerful. Shakespeare was such a master.

[@liltunturi1251]

Give yourself a chance to realize if the nightmare is just an illusion through taking action. Break the delirium, refuse the trance and allow yourself to win

[@wardencobb7442]

Dichotomy of Jocko: Natural born leader, kind and thoughtful human being, a father, a husband, a son, a friend, a man who is a patriot and a giver of some of the wisest advice ever thought of and spoken... And someone who could kill you in probably 10,000 ways you never heard of and faster than you can even imagine. It's really weird. He's fucking terrifying and yet someone who you can trust with ANYTHING and he will always do what is honorable.

[@tonewyork5601]

A new perspective that I’ll be forever grateful for. Thank you Jocko & to the person who asked that wonderful question.

[@thundergrace]

"Put down the donut and pick up the kettle bell."

[@michaelmartinez6733]

Thanks to my friend Bryce I was brought here,I'm WORKING on building trust in men,I spent 8 years in PRISON from 19-27 for a murder dropped to MANSLAUGHTER someone else committed, My experiences have zeroed me out on trusting another, I'm constantly trying TO re program myself. Biggest battle in life is me against me.

[@signaturerush]

Keep fighting man. I would check out Battle Cry by Jason Wilson.

[@suzimanipur2983]

Taking action is the key... Most people think & think & talk & talk... No doubt, 80% of the world population are addicted to laziness

[@vladislavvidkov6842]

Whenever Jocko gets Jocko serious and is about to drop the nuke you can hear Echo's giggling like a child hahaha i love it. Huge Respect to both!

[@simongraham2516]

Jocko makes everything so simple and eye-opening - It's lifechanging to listen to him!

[@mulukenkefale4089]

I agree with this statement with everything in me. Precisely these words - "Simple", "Eye-opening", "Life changing". He will LITERALLY.... CHANGE YOUR LIFE by OPENING YOUR EYES TO THE TRUTH using SIMPLE and CONCISE LANGUAGE! It's insane.

[@dawnt5587]

Great gym shirt- Put down the donut. Pick up the kettlebell. Jocko

[@Jakeomaniac]

10/10 would buy!

[@vikinginger1889]

I love Jocko, he motivated me to start getting up at 3am. But over the years I have realized he is such a machine of discipline that he has never had to contemplate strategies that get you to be disciplined, to change your habits you've had your whole life. And I feel this guy's question, he was asking for strategies but Jocko just did a motivational speech, which is great but not what people like me need. So I come to Jocko for motivation and inspiration, but I go to Tim Ferriss for strategies that help a lesser mortal like myself who is not a tank of discipline.

[@45Diabolical]

You’re right he didn’t actually answer the question.

[@AquaSourceDetox]

strategies are useless without the right mindset, it might work for a while, but as the guy who has asked him this question said - start strong and fade fast - using a strategy to start and then it all fades because you don't have the MINDSET, THAT'S why he doesn't talk about strategies, because it is fluff

[@nishanthapa9871]

" Between the acting of a dreadful thing and the first motion, all the interim is like a fantasma or a hideous dream"

[@Supagenki]

I think what makes it so hard is that once you replace a bad habit, if you dont take immediate action to replace it with something else, say a good habit, then you fill the void with whats known. And just because you broke the bad habit doesnt mean you forgot it. Thanks for the upload Jocko!

[@MrIchbins666]

Jocko and Shakespeare, what a beneficial combination.

[@RyDeezy]

If only Jockos voice was available when I was forced to learn Shakespeare...

[@MrJpurvis620]

This so awesome! I find it more applicable for procrastination. I literally listened to this for an hour on loop CRUSHING work.

[@Brittany2995]

When the beefed up guy at the gym quotes Shakespeare lol. My gosh, that was brilliant 😂

[@Motorman2112]

This seems like a great answer to a different question than the one that was asked.

[@nemdenemam9753]

well, doing whats dreadful in the case of the asker would be to not do the old habit. So the action to take is to stop taking the easy action. While it might not be the most fitting answer here, it can still apply here too.

[@sidharthpalakkode5509]

Jocko's the youngest brother of the Kane and Undertaker. He was separated from his twin brother Kane during child birth but this Wrestlemania it will be a triple triple threat match against the Shield and the Wyatt family.

[@plant_leaf]

Kane and Undertaker are the children of Jocko Willink

[@chxseventura]

Trying to quit smoking with Easyway method. I’m still struggling with the genuine urge to want one, the book goes through how to debunk those thoughts but it’s not enough. Thank you Jocko for helping me kill the craving, I will be back to watch on repeat as I try my ass off not to slide back.

[@alexcap755]

How did it go man - did you manage to overcome your addiction?

[@xeropunt5749]

There is a saying: arakat-barakat! = action (arakat) is the way to blessings (barakat) Don't wallow in the misery of indecision & procrastination.

[@Ancient936]

Love it.. where's it from

[@xeropunt5749]

@@Ancient936 Thank you:)! I'm not sure exactly, but I think it's Islamic, my Afghan parents & relatives say it alot, especially to their kids, when they dread doing something, or feeling down & out. It's akin to: God helps those who help themselves, isn't it?:)

[@Ancient936]

@@xeropunt5749 exactly that brother 💯💯

[@xeropunt5749]

@@Ancient936 1000% Dear Friend!!! And as Jordan Peterson said: anything worth doing, is worth doing badly & clumsily...at first. Then you HAVE SOMETHING to polish/build on... A rough draft is better than no draft;)

[@Ancient936]

@@xeropunt5749 Crazy how relevant this is right now.. I'm literally in the middle of the first 'bad' draft... Way better to have something than nothing.. even if it's s#!t... Divine timing with everything 💥🔥✨

[@Somthingontheway]

all i need is this thx Jocko im overcoming my habits for good this time .

[@TheItalianoAssassino]

Is there ever a moment in Jockos life where he is not super intense? :D

[@srsucioguapodelsur8845]

Theo Von’s surprisingly good at disarming Super Intense Jocko

[@aldonunez5082]

“Put down the doughnut pick up the kettlebell” Jocko Voice Me “Yes Sir”

[@btipton6899]

I overcame alcoholism thanks to this man.

[@mrtiger1833]

Different reading than I expected. Upon first reading, I expected Jocko to tell us the fight is in the nightmare-to suppress the nightmare. Instead, he tells us to act. The nightmare isn’t the inner struggle to avoid doing the wrong thing, like kill Caesar. The nightmare is what keeps us from doing the right thing. Dispense with the nightmare and do what’s right. The nightmare is a battle that doesn’t need to be fought. Circumvent it entirely and move onward to victory. Brilliant inversion of the text, Jocko.

[@RikodiusRex]

Damn Jocko. They just want to stop chewing on pens or something and you take it to the theatrical reluctance to carry out an Shakespearean assasination plot. You crack me up. 😂

[@michaela.ofthenorth4530]

Thanks, Jocko! Short, concise - and using 'ole Will in a way he would be proud of! Instead of contemplating, savoring and connecting with your weakness, the evil that is holding you back, a second longer - Take ACTION and MOVE "off the X" and into a better alternative, positive action - INSTEAD of allowing your weakness to win! Make the negatives in your life an increasingly distant memory by positive action, every time. Hope I got that right..... Thanks for being there for us guys!

[@michaelputnam3216]

In agreement thank you again and I want you to no you are appreciated. You are appreciated.

[@MMAprospect]

Jocko is literally eating that mic when it gets intense with his epic speaches. GO!

[@TheCatchProductions]

When I first looked at the title I thought it said “how to stop sliding back into DMs” universal pun!!

[@rogstown]

*me standing in line debating whether or not I am going to buy a tin of Copenhagen

[@MzGZeUS]

Same lol

[@tvi82]

Jocko voice **Put down the Copenhagen and pick up the kettlebell...

[@charlesshea4420]

I started to lockup my phone/TV cable before bed for the past couple weeks and I've gotten the best sleep since I can remember.

[@SlimDeeZuL]

2:34 AM I'm Battling Hesitation Right Now. A CoLD 🥶 Shower 🚿 WiLL help me out tho.

[@DurinThe_Deathless]

Hehehe

[@jobzagudn]

Please check out my cold shower animation 🚿❄️💪🏻

[@jobzagudn]

@moses onyango hi mate I'm 38 days in off everything except my e cig 💪🏻💪🏻 hopw you are managing to make new mates that don't drink and getting exercise. I slipped so many times lookin back good luck man ☝🏻🙏🏻

[@shakeandbake3355]

@moses onyango dude shut up, why do you keep copy and pasting the same shit in every comment section and thread. God has nothing to do with it. It's you that has to have the will to keep up the good habits.

[@Ancient936]

@@shakeandbake3355 what if they're the same thing tho...

[@82stuntman]

Damn, the last min of the video is strong as hell. I want to cut that out and save it as my alarm ringtone. Thanks for the awesome insight Jocko. Making good men better!

[@andrewcorrie8936]

Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion... The first motion is the "motion" of the soul, the impulse which one then needs to act upon (or not); the acting of the dreadful deed is the actual carrying it out. But the meaning is the same and the quotation apt.

[@iseeu-fp9po]

This can of course be applied to other aspects of life where procrastination becomes an issue.

[@sterlthepearl1000]

Old habits die hard. For the chains of habits are too lite to be felt, until they are too strong to be broken.

[@Man0fSteell]

Jocko please make a video on how combat ADD or Attention Defecit Disorder

[@tanieshasimmons5212]

Maybe try coffee, medication, the book More Attention Less Deficit for planning methods, etc.

[@maxinyo9264]

"Hesitation is defeat."

[@kennymarvel8311]

Jacko is too good for planet earth

[@dusk_dawn6672]

Top Tier Motivational Boost right here.

[@johnvaness8445]

Fantastic!! Powerful advice, for all of life's difficult moments, and the easy moments too!

[@Maniacmitchell]

I understand. Thanks Jocko!

[@wotencio]

"Hesitation Is Defeat." - Isshin Ashina, the Sword Saint.

[@WarPoet-In-Training]

"The price of our vitality is the sum of all our fears"- David Whyte

[@pinoyboi4563]

- Open Subtitles - Nice first word

[@John-mz8rj]

Reaction is a noble truth. What do you prefer pleasure or pain. Thinking and emotion (which is the same movement) is fundamentally opposed to the functioning of the body.

[@khanyeeziakaslickyeezi6508]

That speech hit different

[@user-qp6vg9ho8u]

Uncle Jocko spitting truth bombs! Love it

[@muccia7328]

You bring in that Shakespeare! Yes!

[@vinnyjamission]

Preach brother.

[@yangtroy1]

That waa much deeper than i expected

[@mistyvw8017]

This might be my favorite Jocko nugget

[@logueraps]

This man is someone for ALL men to look up to.

[@jodiebentley6614]

I'm new to ya but that's the talk you have with yourself below a mountain or that whitewater drop.Good way of explaining it

[@doreen8855]

Wow this is exactly what I'm feeling right now....

[@jordanc919]

spot on as usual

[@onur-a-k]

I love that kettlebell reference 💪😎

[@kzmla]

Yo this is realshit. I was just thinking earlier that hesitation is the problem which can be solved with action. Once you know what needs to be done, jump on it. That opportunity may not be there much longer. Some windows close faster than others. Just do it.

[@jumhed994]

Mel Robbins says to overcome procrastination and hesitation, count down from 5 and then do the thing on one.

[@jaypurcell3733]

100% the video I needed coming back from holiday, keep it up

[@timtimkthy2945]

Really wish I had this guidance growing up. Better late than never

[@azbooker2762]

Put down the donut, pick up the kettlebell..... LMAO! Epic advice

[@derekpelotte1378]

The whole excerpt from where the quote is taken is equally applicable to the question, I think. Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma or a hideous dream. The genius and the mortal instruments Are then in council, and the state of man, Like to a little kingdom, suffers then The nature of an insurrection. To which the sparknotes translation reads From the time when you decide to do something terrible to the moment you do it, everything feels unreal, like a horrible dream. The unconscious and the body work together and rebel against the conscious mind. I think this is were the discipline comes in, like a general training troops so that the whole unit is working toward the same goal. As long as insubordination is allowed to breed inside myself I will slide back. Failure can happen, but outright sabotage of the team's mission cannot be allowed. So I act to train myself, fail less and less, and achieve my goal. Now I'll stop procrastinating on KZbin.

[@Memnochenkil]

I needed this today! Time to go get some!

[@XtremeLifeDarius]

thank you

[@TheAngerman77]

JESUS!!! JOCKO BROUGHT THE GANGSTA OUT OF YA BOY SHAKESPEARE 🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@angrytraderhue6539]

Love this bit. I need it.

[@ianhenderson3078]

Jocko needs to do a podcast on Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar". A podcast on Caesar himself might be a good idea too.

[@LennefalkStudios]

Epic inspiration here 🔥

[@johnnyguitar2929]

How could Jocko possibly know I was eating a donut at that moment???!!

[@travelingspartan2035]

Calling it now before I watch the vid, the answer's gonna be "don't slide into old habits." XD

[@siddhantsharma1577]

Damn why did I not visit this before...

[@DanielBarron45]

Phantasma.

[@JulyTiger1986]

In the back of my mind, all I hear and see is Shia screaming at me, "JUST DO IT!!!!!! JUST!!! DOOOO ITTT!!!!!!!!!"

[@johnnymeza5454]

Damn this is the truth

[@citizengoose1342]

CRUSH THE HESITATION

[@IRod123]

Holy shit!! Spot on.

[@donwcollins]

Just do it! Yes!!

[@coolvania]

I have an issue with slipping up back into the habit of smoking weed. It’s a purely psychological habit but it can be tricky to kick, especially since the smell is abundant in as cannabis is legal here in Canada 🇨🇦

[@jedrayne3636]

SiempreChido they say weed isn’t addictive. But it is. Psychologically I was more dependent on weed than I was quitting cigarettes

[@robschwick273]

I’m in the same boat tryna quit weed

[@Tufarock]

Right there with you friend.

[@laniakea777]

That was beautiful

[@shannonbrophy3687]

Put down the donut, pick up the kettlebell 😆

[@bga_29]

Needed this thank you!

[@phillipmele]

Great description, Shakespeare. NICE!!!

[@imbingewatchingrn9779]

Thanks, dad.

[@T3cT0d]

Mans strongest muscle is his mind.

[@donn7s760]

This was amazing

[@jag3217]

Nailed it!

[@og3003]

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