Jocko Willink
speaker
19,958 appearances
29 recordings
2 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard today
Jocko Willink’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 29 in all, peaking in Aug 2026 with 12.
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Decision-making is not a Marine Corps phenomenon, obviously.
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You have been making decisions for most of your life.
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It is important to understand what has unconsciously
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caused you to make decisions in order to consciously shape their influence on future decisions.
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When presented with information, we decide on courses of action based upon three general criteria.
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So we're making decisions, and this is what we're talking about.
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You gotta kind of know why you're making decisions.
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Rational calculation.
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We have a natural aversion to uncertainty.
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We don't like to be wrong.
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In rational calculation, we try to be perfectly predict our results by analyzing and comparing large amounts of data.
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Frequently, we construct make matrices and charts to compare different options available, large staffs of substance.
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Subject matter experts plan using rational calculation.
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Rational calculation is the foundation of analytical decision making.
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In many cases, rational calculation requires time to accomplish, so we generally see this type of decision making prominent during the preparatory phase.
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That is not to say it is not used during a a conduct or follow-up phase.
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In our example above, the week of preparation prior to the game is filled with
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rational calculation and analytical decision making.
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So clearly we all know what that is.
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This is the pre planning.
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