003 Jocko Manual: You Must Accept it. And.. Don't Accept it.

This is the manual podcast number three. Musashi, the sword fighter, he's got a quote, accept everything just the way it is. And he's got an adjacent quote, truth is not what you want it to be. It is what it is. And you must bend to its power or live a lie.

So we have to accept things. And I like those statements from Musashi. I believe those statements from Musashi. I've I support those statements from Musashi and I have spent a decent amount of time um backing them up, right? And probably the premier case I have of that was when I talk was when I talk about Jim Searlesley and Louis Poehler Jr., right?

Jim Searlesley who's wounded in Vietnam. lost both of his legs just below the hip, lost one arm, and he was able to thrive in his life. And the other counterexample is Lewis Pouller Jr., who was also severely wounded, lost both of his legs, had severe damage to his hands. But he did not thrive. He struggled with alcohol.

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