Jocko Willink
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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They wanted to fight for God and country.
And they were tough.
They listened.
Yeah.
Yeah, they couldn't ask for better guys to work with, you know, for the two platoon commanders.
And, you know, it's funny because Leif will tell the story about when I met those guys and how, A, I didn't smile to him and I wasn't nice to him.
And, B, Seth thought I was going to fire him.
And I hated him.
And...
It's actually true.
Is it really?
It's actually true.
Not that I hated them, but that I might fire them.
I didn't know who they were.
I didn't know what their attitudes were.
I didn't... I didn't have high expectations that they were going to be, you know, successful or good.
And so...
And you know what?
This is another thing I stole from Hackworth.
This is exactly what Hackworth would do.