January 16th, 2023
- read some of Jocko Willink's book Book/Discipline Equals Freedom
- and it's an interesting counterpoint
- lots of stuff seems good on clarifying self-other boundary & locus of control
- and learner mindset
- see his song GOOD:
- broadly he seems to be sincerely oriented towards creating a benevolent dictatorship internally, and somewhat succeeding
- and "discipline" seems to mean mostly "being consistently in touch with your sense of purpose/mission/why", not "beating yourself up"
- he doesn't explain what to do if you fail to do the thing, but he just says "try harder", he doesn't say "feel bad about it"
- Stockdale Paradox
- excellent
- Ali Abdaal does a bit on it but doesn't really dig into wtf is going on here
- it's not as simple as "have hope + face currently reality"
- there's a whole learner mindset vibe here
- and there's something about surrendering to the unknown