Jocko Underground: Struggling with Measuring Up to Your Fiance's Ex.

Jocko Willink· Host0:00

This is the Jocko Underground Podcast number 212. Sitting here with Echo Charles, we have some questions from the field, from you in the field.

Echo Charles· Co-host0:06

Mm-hmm.

Jocko Willink· Host0:06

And we will provide some guidance, some cases, some answers, and at a minimum, some courses of action for you to follow.

Echo Charles· Co-host0:13

Yep. Sounds good. Yeah.

Jocko Willink· Host0:15

Get you through this maze of life, is what you refer to it as.

Echo Charles· Co-host0:19

Sometimes, yes.

Jocko Willink· Host0:20

Yeah It is a maze, for sure. All right. Let's go.

Echo Charles· Co-host0:22

But some direction always helps. All right. First question, Jock, Echo. Huge fan of the pod- of the podcast. Been listening since 2016. Never miss an Underground pod. Okay. Recently, I found out from my buddy that my fiance used to date a SEAL before me. Ever since hearing that, I can't help but wonder what the heck she's doing with me, and I feel like I probably come up short in every possible way. How do I accept my newly realized inferiority and just to get, and just get back on the path of being the best husband and hopefully dad soon? P.S. I'm a v- very average purple belt in jujitsu, so at least I have that going for me, although I routinely get humbled by a 15, by 15-year-olds- [laughs] ... at AOJ.

Jocko Willink· Host1:09

Sure.

Echo Charles· Co-host1:09

Part of jujitsu, by the way.

Jocko Willink· Host1:11

Yeah.

Echo Charles· Co-host1:11

Um, where I train. Okay.

Jocko Willink· Host1:12

Yeah. Um, cool. Hey, man, listen. Uh, first of all, being se- being a SEAL doesn't make you, uh, a good person. [laughs] Doesn't make you a good fighter, doesn't mean that you're smart. It doesn't really mean that