How to develop your tolerance for discomfort, and why it matters
Hard workouts, long meditations, cold showers, voluntarily putting yourself in challenging, uncomfortable situations, and the savage that is David Goggins. As Jordan Peterson says, when a person has a successful therapy to help them deal with the things that scare them, the success often comes NOT from the world being less scary than they thought.
Breath
I've been listing to this podcast for a very long time and I still can't get over Jocko pausing and then breathing so heavily into the mic. Gets me every time.
What episode is Strategy in Jocko?
Jocko Podcast Books From The Episodes. “Strategy”, by B.H. Liddell Hart (From Episode 285, 286, 287) This is the classic book on war as we know it. During his long life, Basil H. Liddell Hart was considered one of the world’s foremost military thinkers. In his writing, he stressed movement, flexibility, and surprise.
What episode is Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, by Lynne Black (From Episode 247 ) “Whisky Tango Foxtrot” is a memoir about the early life of a unique man who was part of an exceptional period in American history, experiencing events and life and death situations a scant few will ever know about.
When was Grigoris Balakian arrested?
On April 24, 1915 , Grigoris Balakian was arrested along with some 250 other leaders of Constantinople’s Armenian community. It was the beginning of the Ottoman Empire’s systematic attempt to eliminate the Armenian people from Turkey—a campaign that continued through World War I and the fall of the empire.
Who is the pilot in Undaunted Valor?
Undaunted Valor is the first hand account of helicopter pilot, Colonel Dan Cory as he flies combat missions in the jungles of Vietnams. From dodging enemy ground fire and RPGs, to constant mortar and rocket attacks on his base, Colonel Cory stared down the enemy to bring his fellow soldiers’ home.
How many people were killed in Rwanda in 1994?
During the spring of 1994, in a tiny country called Rwanda, some 800,000 people were hacked to death, one by one, by their neighbors in a gruesome civil war. Several years later, journalist Jean Hatzfeld traveled to Rwanda to interview ten participants in the killings…
