Jocko Podcast - Jocko Underground: To Achieve Things, You Commit... But Don't Overcommit.

Episode Date: May 28, 2024

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This is the Jocko Underground podcast number 128 sitting here with Echo Charles. And Echo Charles, sometimes in life, you have to commit to two things to make them happen, right? Sometimes you got to commit to make it happen, make that thing happen. We hear this a lot, but you got to be careful that you don't over commit. All right. So, it's training in jih Tzu today. And I was training with Mija. And Mija kind of left his arm out.

And I was it's weird even though I was going for his arm I actually knew that I couldn't get his arm from this position But I knew was gonna kind of what I was trying to do is pass his guard so I was kind of in a half guard scenario He had a little butterfly hook type thing and I'm trying to straighten out his arm and I what I was literally trying to do was distract him from His legs so I could finish the pass and I over committed in a really real big way to his arm and so I was off balance and he and he swept me got on top and he actually got on top and terrible position got me um here's the thing there are many times in fighting when over commitment is a problem so if you over commit to a strike it's easy to get taken down

if you over commit to a taked down you can get tired or you can get elbowed in the head right Remember when that was happening for a little while? People were like on the single and people were just dropping elbows to the side of the head and knocking him out. You can overcommit to a submission. And now you're gassing out. We've seen that happen.

Oh, I got the guillotine. I got the guillotine. I got the guillotine. They're out of the guillotine and I'm getting punched in the head. So in fighting, this is very common. It absolutely happens in fighting. It can happen in other things in life too.

obviously in business you can commit you can over commit to a product we can make we can make thousands and thousands of these things they're gonna sell no you didn't do a test you over committed you over commit to some marketing you spend a bunch of money on marketing over commitment you can over commit to hiring people you can over commit and hire too many people like we really believe in this this department's expansion and you hire a bunch of people and now you're not night now you're going backwards financially so you got to watch out for it there relationships clearly it's going to happen to relationships where you put

too much you invest too much into one person too much time into one person too much trust into one person you get get swept even time you can commit too much time to one thing or another thing or something else that doesn't give you a return on investment that you need from that person suit. So there's all kinds of things where we can over commit. And as I started off, are there times when you have to 100% commit or even over commit in order to make something happen? Yep, that does happen. You go for the flying triangle. Right? Go for a flying arm lock. It's a commitment. You go for the head kick against a wrestler. If you miss, you're probably going to be on your

back, getting punched in the head. occasionally does that head kick land yeah it does Leon Edwards versus Kamaro Usman right Karama Ruzman's a fantastic wrestler but he committed to that head kick Leon Edwards didn't just drop them so he also could have been taken down so so are there times in the industry too like hey we got to commit right now we're gonna invest this money in order to have the product ready as big as we think it's going to be, we got to commit to it. And you do, and you can win.

You can also lose. There's an old saying, don't gamble what you can't afford to lose. I think that's a great, a great saying. Don't gamble what you can't afford to lose. And that's why if you were a great, let's say you're a great grappler, and if you and I are fighting, and I'm a better at jiu-jitsu than you are,

and I'm better at grappling than you are, I can throw wild strikes at you because when I'm striking you would expose me to a takedown, but I know I'm better once we're on the ground so I can take a bunch of risk and getting taken down because it doesn't really matter to me. You can afford to lose that.

Yeah, I can afford to lose and be on the bottom because I'm still going to get a sweep or get a guillotine or an arm lock or whatever. So there are times when you need to commit a lot, careful that you don't overcommit. And I think it's just like Jiu-Jitsu. You need to check your balance. you got to check your balance in business like oh if we over commit here and it doesn't work

what's where are we going to be are we going to be bankrupt are we going to be missing our financials are we going to be upside out we're not going to be able to buy more product for a few or in a relationship like hold on a second what if this doesn't work out yeah what if wait what if I'm putting all this trust in this person and and they're not as trustworthy as it not as trustworthy as I thought they were so you need that to kind of check your balance so that you don't get out of balance so then if that thing that you have committed some resources to, if it doesn't work out the way, you're still okay.

You don't get swept and get caught in a bad position. Make sure that you have a plan and do a risk assessment to make sure that if the commitment that you've made doesn't work out, you don't fall and get crushed. And if you can do that, it'll make life easier for you. And that's what I got. All right. Let's get to some Q&A. All right.

First question. I've been a listener of yours for about a year now. And I'm not trying to brag in any way, but I have applied your concept of extreme ownership, well, in many facets of my life. One facet, however, has been somewhat challenging for me. I'm 18 with a younger brother, who's the fifth. and a younger sister, who's 11, recently my family has faced some unexpected turmoil. It had been expected for about two years, but expectation could not even begin to prepare for this reality.

Ultimately, my mother ended up in prison as a result of this whole thing. My family is not doing great, but better than expected. It's been about five months. My question is, how do I apply the concept of extreme ownership to a situation such as this, and how do I turn the situation around to benefit myself and my family? Thank you for your night. Yeah, clearly that's a rough one and the way that you take extreme ownership of this is how you respond to it. So how you respond to it.

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