Jocko Podcast - Standard Directive 011: Don't Care About Any of That

Episode Date: October 16, 2023

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We had a little thing that we said in tasking a bruiser. Initially it came from Tony Afradi, BTF Tony. He said it probably a few times and then it kind of caught on with me for sure as just a good thing to say. It's a good thing to have in your back pocket. It's basically when someone he would start talking about why something was going to be hard. or why it wouldn't work or how complicated it was, or what was going to make something so difficult, what we'd say is, we don't care about any of that.

We don't care about any of that. Which is an awesome saying, people get so focused on why things won't work and what might go wrong. And we're not careful. Those things can really, they can really trip. you up and you can start to wonder if your plan is even feasible or you might get

overly concerned with some possible contingencies or you can start to overthink and overcomplicate things or you can just say I don't care about any of that I don't care about any of that now look am I telling you to be careless no I'm not telling you be careless am I telling you not to consider possibilities and difficulties that might arise? No, I'm not telling you that either. Am I telling you not to think through what you're going to do and how you're going to do it? No, I'm not saying that. But I am saying that sometimes, especially with like little things, little low risk things that people are sweating the details on. Like, what workout of the day

will produce optimum results? Or what heart rate is best for my car? cardio development or when will you be able to get the best deal on that piece of gear that you need or where should we go for dinner tonight? Or when's the most favorable time to get started? Or what's the most advantageous way to do whatever? Lots of questions you can ask yourself and sometimes it's a good option just to say, I don't care about any of that. And go execute.