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A review by ben_sch
Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual by Jocko Willink
5.0
Five stars for unintentional comedy. This was so different from all of the other self help books written by buddhists and people who sit in chairs. This guy commanded the highest decorated Navy SEAL team, that painted comic book skulls on their uniform and had the motto "NO MERCY". If you put this guy and Carl Rogers in a room, who would win?
I'm probably going to read this again, because while the writing style is comical ("GET UP. AND. GO"), I feel like it's worth getting over the aesthetic and trying to understand his mindset a bit better. Basically he's advocating extreme vigilance, and a ?completely? tyrannical top-down control structure of behavior that gets positive feedback from beating people. In a world where there are enemies, this seems legit. My question for myself, is, do I have enemies? What am I afraid of? Jocko would advocate highlighting that to extreme importance and being vigilant against behavior leading in that direction. It's also inspiring to look at self discipline as a thing which can be practiced, although I have a lot of personal skepticism about whether that is actually desirable for me at the moment.
Has some nice workouts and such.
I'm probably going to read this again, because while the writing style is comical ("GET UP. AND. GO"), I feel like it's worth getting over the aesthetic and trying to understand his mindset a bit better. Basically he's advocating extreme vigilance, and a ?completely? tyrannical top-down control structure of behavior that gets positive feedback from beating people. In a world where there are enemies, this seems legit. My question for myself, is, do I have enemies? What am I afraid of? Jocko would advocate highlighting that to extreme importance and being vigilant against behavior leading in that direction. It's also inspiring to look at self discipline as a thing which can be practiced, although I have a lot of personal skepticism about whether that is actually desirable for me at the moment.
Has some nice workouts and such.