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jonathan_burgos's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
3.0
gearyofbooks's review against another edition
4.0
Sharp and direct Jocko walks you through his way of living and instructs you on how you can take what you need of that and also "Get after it "
Embrace the hard times. Seek improvement. That's the Jocko way.
This is a short read and all the better for it. Makes easier to revisit. Re-read or take in the audiobook which the man himself reads.
Embrace the hard times. Seek improvement. That's the Jocko way.
This is a short read and all the better for it. Makes easier to revisit. Re-read or take in the audiobook which the man himself reads.
italianpastaguy's review against another edition
fast-paced
1.0
About as useful as a wet paper bag. Pointless book and incredibly boring.
jasperburns's review against another edition
4.0
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artex's review against another edition
5.0
Fantastic book. Audio version narrated by the author is even more authentic. [b:What Doesn't Kill Us: How Freezing Water, Extreme Altitude, and Environmental Conditioning Will Renew Our Lost Evolutionary Strength|30039048|What Doesn't Kill Us How Freezing Water, Extreme Altitude, and Environmental Conditioning Will Renew Our Lost Evolutionary Strength|Scott Carney|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1467209302l/30039048._SX50_.jpg|50443237] might be a good companion.
hanlasse's review against another edition
4.0
If you’re more interested in deeper thoughts from Jocko, I would recommend his other book “Extreme Ownership”. I bought this mainly for the workouts, but did get inspired to get cracking.
I like his bluntness with for example “how can I stop eating sugar?”, where Jocko responds “stop eating sugar” which is lol fair enough.
As I’ve written before, Jocko and I live on different planets, but I still really enjoy his attitude towards life. However, i’m good with being at maximum 43% of his level of life philosophies.
I like his bluntness with for example “how can I stop eating sugar?”, where Jocko responds “stop eating sugar” which is lol fair enough.
As I’ve written before, Jocko and I live on different planets, but I still really enjoy his attitude towards life. However, i’m good with being at maximum 43% of his level of life philosophies.
jep6454's review against another edition
1.0
I listen to Jocko’s podcast all the time and it has been helpful in my personal and professional life but this was some few moments of gold buried in buckets of macho man poetry. Sorry Jocko but this ain’t it
wannabekingpin's review against another edition
4.0
all reviews in one place: night mode reading; LT
Don’t know about you, but I always need an extra kick as December creeps in. November is just such a meh month. So I picked up the shortest book by my favorite motivator, Jocko Willink, and learned me some things.
About: The book goes through three points of your health. The mind, motivation, mentality, and that little evil voice that tries to sabotage you, by telling you you’ve done enough, rest now. The food, what you eat, how that affects your body. And, of course, the physique, discipline of working out. Author is straight forward, there will be no coddling, but he’s not going to be mean to you either. He’ll teach you exactly how to catch yourself sabotaging your own work and, hopefully, you’ll apply it. Because you might not be able to do all the workouts he so extensively described here. But in his own words, you surely can do something. So do something. Do anything. Do.
Mine: I like how Jocko Willink found that golden middle between patting your shoulder, and outright kicking your butt. He’ll tell you you can do it. He’ll tell you you will do it. And he’ll also tell you, that if you think that you can’t, you’re lying to yourself, so do more. On purpose, out of principle, do more, beat that little voice, because you can, and you will. And I love it. There was a little too much of work-out routine descriptions, and since I don’t know all the English terms for them, I skimmed over most. But I did love how he explained the usage of such physical activity. Mind you, though, I live with manic depression. This book reads very different while depressed, and while not. So if you didn’t like it at some point in life, give it another shot. Good luck, and hang in there.
It was a healthy read, and indeed has got me going with motivation and want to do more. We’ll see if I can stop sabotaging myself. This one gets a 4 out of 5 from me, but I admit, I am curious about what other ones might be like.
Don’t know about you, but I always need an extra kick as December creeps in. November is just such a meh month. So I picked up the shortest book by my favorite motivator, Jocko Willink, and learned me some things.
About: The book goes through three points of your health. The mind, motivation, mentality, and that little evil voice that tries to sabotage you, by telling you you’ve done enough, rest now. The food, what you eat, how that affects your body. And, of course, the physique, discipline of working out. Author is straight forward, there will be no coddling, but he’s not going to be mean to you either. He’ll teach you exactly how to catch yourself sabotaging your own work and, hopefully, you’ll apply it. Because you might not be able to do all the workouts he so extensively described here. But in his own words, you surely can do something. So do something. Do anything. Do.
Mine: I like how Jocko Willink found that golden middle between patting your shoulder, and outright kicking your butt. He’ll tell you you can do it. He’ll tell you you will do it. And he’ll also tell you, that if you think that you can’t, you’re lying to yourself, so do more. On purpose, out of principle, do more, beat that little voice, because you can, and you will. And I love it. There was a little too much of work-out routine descriptions, and since I don’t know all the English terms for them, I skimmed over most. But I did love how he explained the usage of such physical activity. Mind you, though, I live with manic depression. This book reads very different while depressed, and while not. So if you didn’t like it at some point in life, give it another shot. Good luck, and hang in there.
It was a healthy read, and indeed has got me going with motivation and want to do more. We’ll see if I can stop sabotaging myself. This one gets a 4 out of 5 from me, but I admit, I am curious about what other ones might be like.