Jocko Underground: When Your Disciplined Life Has Left You Lonely w/ No Social Connections

Jocko Willink· Host0:00

This is the Jocko Underground Podcast number 215, sitting here with Echo Charles.

Echo Charles· Host0:08

Yeah, sure.

Jocko Willink· Host0:08

Did I get that right?

Echo Charles· Host0:09

Yeah. [laughs] Yes, sir. Thank you.

Jocko Willink· Host0:11

And y- we have some questions from the field- Mm ... from the front lines, from where the rubber meets the road.

Echo Charles· Host0:17

Mm.

Jocko Willink· Host0:18

And we will offer some recommendations, some answers, and at a minimum- At a minimum ... some courses of action you can take to proceed and find your way through the maze of life, as, as- Some people like to- As Echo Charles refers to it, the maze of life.

Echo Charles· Host0:39

Yep.

Jocko Willink· Host0:40

All, all poetic.

Echo Charles· Host0:42

[laughs] [laughs] Okay. Okay. All right. It's true.

Jocko Willink· Host0:46

That's the best you could come up with?

Echo Charles· Host0:47

[laughs] Well, well, it is one of the, one of the options for sure.

Jocko Willink· Host0:51

[laughs] The maze of life.

Echo Charles· Host0:53

Whatever, bro. [laughs] The li- l- life is sometimes a maze. You didn't know, I'm just saying, okay?

Jocko Willink· Host1:00

Okay.

Echo Charles· Host1:00

Okay.

Jocko Willink· Host1:00

Did you come up with that yourself? Did you consult with your, your ancestors or something? Is that ChatGPT or something? Where'd that come from?

Echo Charles· Host1:09

F- Did you get it in a dream? First question. [laughs] Jocko, I recently graduated college where I was a Division I athlete, a science major, and also in ROTC. My days were completely structured around academics, training, the gym, and preparation for the military. Because of that, I missed