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I& #39;ve radically decreased the amount of self-improvement people I read or listen to, and this was good. Not because the people I used to read/listen/watch are wrong - simply because their advice is no longer applicable to my situation (but it once was). 1/10
However, two that stayed with me are @jockowillink and @naval. Recently, a friend of mine said that these two are polar opposites and that he doesn& #39;t think Jocko& #39;s philosophy is healthy. 2/10
He thought that it was unhealthy, with too much focus on just pushing through, and believed that Naval had the right idea - if you make your work an extension of yourself, you don& #39;t NEED to force yourself to do anything - everything just flows naturally. 3/10
I think he& #39;s wrong, not in his interpretation of Naval& #39;s Taoism (I agree with that), but in the idea that these two are incompatible. I think the two philosophies focus on two entirely different things and very rarely, if ever, get in conflict. 4/10
Naval, in essence, says that over the span of your career, you should focus on your unique set of strengths and preferences, and teaches a specific way of thinking about luck and wealth. If you& #39;re not "feeling it", maybe you shouldn& #39;t be doing it. 5/10
Jocko, on the other hand, talks about how you execute and how you change. Say that you& #39;ve decided that you want a new habit, usually physical fitness. There are deep-seated pathways in your brain that will oppose this new discomfort. 6/10
Jocko teaches a mindset of embracing the pain as the essential part of overcoming certain inner weaknesses. He doesn& #39;t say that you should stick with things that you& #39;re "not feeling", he just says that you should give them an hones shot before you discard them. 7/10
There are certain things you stop doing and then feel bad about, so you start again, and quit again, and feel bad, on and on, into a vicious cycle.
Commit to either sticking with it or discarding it, and don& #39;t sap your willpower by constantly switching. 8/10
Commit to either sticking with it or discarding it, and don& #39;t sap your willpower by constantly switching. 8/10
