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Jocko Underground: Is It Reasonable to Relax Your Situational Awareness Sometimes?

6/22/20267 min

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1. Sleep or Stay Alert?

Question: As a frequent traveler, how do you balance situational awareness with the need to sleep while traveling?

2. Is It Time to Leave Law Enforcement?

Question: With police officers increasingly being prosecuted after use-of-force incidents, when should an officer consider changing careers?

3. Missing the Team I Built

Question: After leaving a leadership role I built from the ground up for a larger company, why do I feel less fulfilled and how do I regain my motivation?

4. Dream or Loyalty?

Question: Should I pursue my lifelong dream of becoming a Marine officer or stay loyal to the wildland firefighting crew that invested in me?

5. Push Through or Let Him Quit?

Question: How do I help my troubled younger brother build confidence and discipline when he wants to quit boxing like he quit other activities?

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Clips

Should Passengers Wear Parachutes?
Window Seat Defense Strategy
Airports Are Basically Fortresses

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Jocko Willink· Host0:00

    This is the Jocko Underground Podcast number 218 with Carey Hilton as Echo is v- currently very, very preoccupied with a extended vacation. [laughs] So Carey's here, uh, in his stead.

  2. Cary Helton· Host0:19

    What's up?

  3. Jocko Willink· Host0:20

    Ready to get it done.

  4. Cary Helton· Host0:21

    Let's go.

  5. Jocko Willink· Host0:22

    And we got some questions from you all, from the troopers on the front lines, where the rubber meets the road, and we will try and provide s- in some cases, answers, in some cases, recommendations, in some cases, guidance, and at a minimum, some courses of action that you can proceed down to try and navigate this little thing that we're doing called life. What do we got?

  6. Cary Helton· Host0:46

    First question, "Jocko, I fly a lot and keep situatio- situational awareness both at the airport and in, uh, the air paramount in my mind. However, sometimes I'm just tired, man, and I wanna sleep, but I find it difficult to allow myself that rest, especially when family is with me, uh, for fear of missing something. As a fellow frequent traveler, how do you find this balance, if any? Many thanks."

  7. Jocko Willink· Host1:13

    Check. Uh, well, first of all, it's good to have some concerns, right? We definitely wanna have situational awareness. We definitely wanna make sure we know what's going on around us. And when we're traveling, there's a lot going on, and it certainly is a time where fatigue can get in-

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