Jocko Podcast 4: Alan Seeger, 'Rendezvous With Death'

• Knowledge of men cannot be learned from books
• You must understand how your people think and the psychology of the people above you to get ahead
• You cannot apply the same formula to every situation
• Words affect different people in different ways
• When life throws pain at you, sit there and get some
• The desire to act is powerful as it makes you feel in charge of your own destiny
• LEAD YOUR LIFE
• Lead your own war against yourself
• Detach and observe
• “Am I on the offensive or the defensive?”
• “What can I do to get back on the offensive?”
• You cannot be so engrossed in the problem that you are unable to see the solutions
• The people you mentor should become better than you
• Get after it