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Jocko Podcast · 2025-12-31 · 82 min · 15,299 words

521: Obey Your Own Orders. Discipline vs. the War in Your Head

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This is Jocko Podcast number 521 with Echo Charles and me, Jocko Willink. Good evening, Echo. Good evening. Discipline wins wars. Are you aware of this?

I could I could connect those dots for sure. I think we've been talking about it for about 10 years here. I understand. Discipline wins wars and not just the wars, the actual wars that are fat fought on the battlefield, but also the wars that are fought in your head every day.

Discipline is required in order to achieve victory. Discipline is required in order to achieve freedom. And this is nothing new, by the way. This has been around this is as old as history. We know that discipline is what we need.

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