Jocko Willink
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
fear that's in your head all the what-ifs and the scenarios that you create inside your own mind that are way worse than anything that is actually going to happen they all disappear when you go so just just take action and and start moving forward that is the
That is the moment that can last a million years is waiting to go.
And I found I'm pretty good at it now where, oh, I'm like, oh, yeah, I know what that is.
And I'm going.
And then that's it.
And so let's just go.
That's the answer.
So action is an antidote to anxiety.
Man, action is an antidote to all kinds of problems.
So I think I probably just experienced it enough and was cognizant enough to recognize that at some point, oh yeah, this feeling of caution and fear and all that stuff in the back of my head,
Yeah, I just need to get rid of all that and just go.
It seems to go away when I move toward it.
Yeah, it does go away.
It 100% goes away.
I had this thing where somebody asked me about how to actually execute in the moment and get your mind right when you have to perform.
And I never really thought about this before.
And I actually thought through my whole life and what my attitude was.
And...
If you need to perform, you need to be very, very humble.
And like, if I've got an event that I've got to do, I've got a mission that I've got to do, I've got to train, I've got to prepare, I've got a plan.