Jun 2017

2h 35m

78: How Adversity Reveals Human Nature. ...

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About this episode

0:00:00 - Opening

0:18:47 - "A Man's Search For Meaning", by Viktor Frankl

0:42:12 - The Sociology and Psychology of the Camp.

1:02:28 - An Attitude. Being Worthy of Your Sufferings.

1:34:59 - Adversity Reveals Human Nature.

1:42:32 - To Sum Up. Takeaways and Lessons Learned.

2:07:09 - Support, Cool Onnit, JockoStore stuff, with Jocko White Tea and Psychological Warfare (on iTunes). Extreme Ownership (book), (Jocko's Kids' Book) Way of the Warrior Kid, and The Muster 003.

2:33:39 - Closing Gratitude.

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