I listened to. Jocko and Echo back in 2017 while doing my daily run in the south of France. Chechens and Russians torturing each other in indescribable ways. Essentially dark readings from the Rwandan genocide perpetrators. And the insistent, inspiring, cathartic exhortation to "get after it" - whatever that may mean for the listener. (This led to my best season's running for years.) But "bless me father for I have sinned...it has been 3 years since my last..Jocko podcast." I am now making up for lost time while training on my bike and my life is already changing. Weights early in the morning? Check. 4am? - not check (yet). Dreams that you've been slacking off on? - actioned? - Check. Completed, no. Begun? Check. Have you started slacking off on yourself? You need this podcast. Do you find yourself with dreams that you do nothing about? You need this podcast. Do you need to be inspired to be honest with yourself, your ego, your reactions, your relationships? You need this podcast. It is your Sunday sermon, your searing reality check - with benefits for those around you, as you serve them through discipline in the little things of daily life. Echo is hilarious and insightful, the good cop to his partner's bad cop. Even his product recommendations will have you hooked. And sometimes - just sometimes - he stands up to The Man. Jocko? To say of him, as has been said of Tony Robbins, "he is a force of nature" - seeks to express the impact this gentle, funny, wise and humble "psycho-looking" (his own words) warrior-leader will have on you. I am incredibly grateful for this podcast and especially for the way it can wake you up if you have recently dozed off in this shared experience of life we have the privilege to be part of.
