539: Elevate From The Gray Slop In Your Head.

Jocko Willink· Host0:00

This is Jocko Podcast number 539 with Echo Charles and me, Jocko Willink. Good evening, Echo.

Echo Charles· Co-host0:05

Good evening.

Jocko Willink· Host0:05

So Leonardo da Vinci.

Echo Charles· Co-host0:07

Yeah.

Jocko Willink· Host0:08

He said, "There are three classes of people. Those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see." [sighs] I wanna talk to you about, uh, something that we brought up on the Underground Podcast. Uh, I, I coined, uh, I called it on the, on the podcast gray slop.

Echo Charles· Co-host0:26

Mm.

Jocko Willink· Host0:27

Gray slop. Gray matter, like, you know, your brain is gray.

Echo Charles· Co-host0:31

Mm-hmm.

Jocko Willink· Host0:31

Uh, gray slop. This is, has to do with detachment, which is another thing. You know, I've been talking about detachment for years. Detach from the chaos, detach from the mayhem, detach from your ego, detach from your emotions. That's gonna make your life so much better if you can do that. But lately I've been looking around and I'm realizing how truly difficult that can be for people, and at the same time, seeing how important it is and how much it really fouls and jams people up.

Echo Charles· Co-host1:05

Mm.

Jocko Willink· Host1:05

And w- when you look at someone, you know, y- y- like you and I've talked about, y- you see someone that's, uh, drinking too much, and it's kinda bringing down their life.

Echo Charles· Co-host1:15

Mm.

Jocko Willink· Host1:15

And you can see it's so clear, but they don't, they don't get it. Or they're involved in a relationship that's a disaster, and you explain to them, but they're like, "No, no, no, no, like this time," or, "I can save her," or whatever the- [laughs] ... whatever the thing is, right?

Echo Charles· Co-host1:28

Yeah.

Jocko Willink· Host1:29

Those are all emotional