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artex's review
5.0
Fantastic book. Audio version narrated by the author is even more authentic. [b:What Doesn't Kill Us: How Freezing Water, Extreme Altitude, and Environmental Conditioning Will Renew Our Lost Evolutionary Strength|30039048|What Doesn't Kill Us How Freezing Water, Extreme Altitude, and Environmental Conditioning Will Renew Our Lost Evolutionary Strength|Scott Carney|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1467209302l/30039048._SX50_.jpg|50443237] might be a good companion.
hanlasse's review
4.0
If you’re more interested in deeper thoughts from Jocko, I would recommend his other book “Extreme Ownership”. I bought this mainly for the workouts, but did get inspired to get cracking.
I like his bluntness with for example “how can I stop eating sugar?”, where Jocko responds “stop eating sugar” which is lol fair enough.
As I’ve written before, Jocko and I live on different planets, but I still really enjoy his attitude towards life. However, i’m good with being at maximum 43% of his level of life philosophies.
I like his bluntness with for example “how can I stop eating sugar?”, where Jocko responds “stop eating sugar” which is lol fair enough.
As I’ve written before, Jocko and I live on different planets, but I still really enjoy his attitude towards life. However, i’m good with being at maximum 43% of his level of life philosophies.
jep6454's review against another edition
1.0
I listen to Jocko’s podcast all the time and it has been helpful in my personal and professional life but this was some few moments of gold buried in buckets of macho man poetry. Sorry Jocko but this ain’t it
wannabekingpin's review against another edition
4.0
all reviews in one place: night mode reading; LT
Don’t know about you, but I always need an extra kick as December creeps in. November is just such a meh month. So I picked up the shortest book by my favorite motivator, Jocko Willink, and learned me some things.
About: The book goes through three points of your health. The mind, motivation, mentality, and that little evil voice that tries to sabotage you, by telling you you’ve done enough, rest now. The food, what you eat, how that affects your body. And, of course, the physique, discipline of working out. Author is straight forward, there will be no coddling, but he’s not going to be mean to you either. He’ll teach you exactly how to catch yourself sabotaging your own work and, hopefully, you’ll apply it. Because you might not be able to do all the workouts he so extensively described here. But in his own words, you surely can do something. So do something. Do anything. Do.
Mine: I like how Jocko Willink found that golden middle between patting your shoulder, and outright kicking your butt. He’ll tell you you can do it. He’ll tell you you will do it. And he’ll also tell you, that if you think that you can’t, you’re lying to yourself, so do more. On purpose, out of principle, do more, beat that little voice, because you can, and you will. And I love it. There was a little too much of work-out routine descriptions, and since I don’t know all the English terms for them, I skimmed over most. But I did love how he explained the usage of such physical activity. Mind you, though, I live with manic depression. This book reads very different while depressed, and while not. So if you didn’t like it at some point in life, give it another shot. Good luck, and hang in there.
It was a healthy read, and indeed has got me going with motivation and want to do more. We’ll see if I can stop sabotaging myself. This one gets a 4 out of 5 from me, but I admit, I am curious about what other ones might be like.
Don’t know about you, but I always need an extra kick as December creeps in. November is just such a meh month. So I picked up the shortest book by my favorite motivator, Jocko Willink, and learned me some things.
About: The book goes through three points of your health. The mind, motivation, mentality, and that little evil voice that tries to sabotage you, by telling you you’ve done enough, rest now. The food, what you eat, how that affects your body. And, of course, the physique, discipline of working out. Author is straight forward, there will be no coddling, but he’s not going to be mean to you either. He’ll teach you exactly how to catch yourself sabotaging your own work and, hopefully, you’ll apply it. Because you might not be able to do all the workouts he so extensively described here. But in his own words, you surely can do something. So do something. Do anything. Do.
Mine: I like how Jocko Willink found that golden middle between patting your shoulder, and outright kicking your butt. He’ll tell you you can do it. He’ll tell you you will do it. And he’ll also tell you, that if you think that you can’t, you’re lying to yourself, so do more. On purpose, out of principle, do more, beat that little voice, because you can, and you will. And I love it. There was a little too much of work-out routine descriptions, and since I don’t know all the English terms for them, I skimmed over most. But I did love how he explained the usage of such physical activity. Mind you, though, I live with manic depression. This book reads very different while depressed, and while not. So if you didn’t like it at some point in life, give it another shot. Good luck, and hang in there.
It was a healthy read, and indeed has got me going with motivation and want to do more. We’ll see if I can stop sabotaging myself. This one gets a 4 out of 5 from me, but I admit, I am curious about what other ones might be like.
deldir's review against another edition
4.0
Good, practical advice from someone with abundant credibility
This book got off to an uneven start for me: Jocko begins with some very short, rhythmic, poetic chapters on perseverance, will, and discipline. He comes off as a very ‘run through walls to get success!’ kind of motivational speaker, and I wasn’t getting much out of it.
I realize that mentality comes before action whatever we’re doing, but my figurative ears perked up once Jocko got onto specific tactics and strategies. He IS a fan of rest, recovery, and not overtraining, but that doesn’t show up until you read the second half of the book. I think the book as a whole might have been more valuable with the concrete training, eating, and living advice up front, with the mental exhortations to follow. You’d know more about what exactly you’re kicking ass to achieve!
That aside, I think this book is a great intro to working out, martial arts (it’s gotten me fired up to try some Brazilian Jiu Jitsu!), and paleo eating. Definitely a worthwhile quick read.
This book got off to an uneven start for me: Jocko begins with some very short, rhythmic, poetic chapters on perseverance, will, and discipline. He comes off as a very ‘run through walls to get success!’ kind of motivational speaker, and I wasn’t getting much out of it.
I realize that mentality comes before action whatever we’re doing, but my figurative ears perked up once Jocko got onto specific tactics and strategies. He IS a fan of rest, recovery, and not overtraining, but that doesn’t show up until you read the second half of the book. I think the book as a whole might have been more valuable with the concrete training, eating, and living advice up front, with the mental exhortations to follow. You’d know more about what exactly you’re kicking ass to achieve!
That aside, I think this book is a great intro to working out, martial arts (it’s gotten me fired up to try some Brazilian Jiu Jitsu!), and paleo eating. Definitely a worthwhile quick read.
savi_reads's review against another edition
4.0
Ideaal boek om motivatie te krijgen en ergens mee te starten (vooral op fysiek vlak). Tijdens het lezen wil je meteen beginnen. Boek kan je op één dag uitlezen en is in twee delen verdeeld (gedachten & acties).
nicolepiermanwriter's review against another edition
4.0
You can check out my book review on my YouTube channel because I'm not a fan of written reviews!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhW5GwcKPBw&t=34s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhW5GwcKPBw&t=34s
mmckinnon10's review against another edition
2.0
This book read as if it was a checklist.
The writing style was rough and repetitive. Some of Jocko's advice is useful, but the vast majority of this book reads like the Nike slogan: Just do it.
The writing style was rough and repetitive. Some of Jocko's advice is useful, but the vast majority of this book reads like the Nike slogan: Just do it.