The Huberman Lab Podcast discusses neuroscience: how our brain and its connections with the organs of our body control our perceptions, our behaviors, and our health. We also discuss existing and emerging tools for measuring and changing how our nervous system works. Dr. Andrew Huberman is a tenured Professor of Neurobiology and Ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine. His laboratory studies neural regeneration, neuroplasticity, and brain states such as stress, focus, fear, and optimal performance. For more than 20 years, Dr. Huberman has consistently published original research findings and review articles in top-level peer-reviewed journals, including Nature, Science, Cell, Neuron, and Current Biology. He is a regular member of several National Institutes of Health review panels and a Fellow of the McKnight Foundation and the Pew Charitable Trusts. Dr. Huberman regularly consults for technology development companies, professional athletic organizations, and various units of U.S. and Canadian Special Operations.
Essentials: How to Become Resilient, Forge Your Identity & Lead Others | Jocko Willink
In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, my guest is Jocko Willink, a retired U.S. Navy SEAL officer, author and host of the Jocko Podcast. We discuss why discipline, rather than motivation, is the reliable driver of daily action, and how taking action is the most effective way to move through adversity, loss and setbacks. We also discuss how exercise generates energy, the leader’s role as a counterweight to team morale, and detachment as a trainable skill for widening perspective and making better decisions under stress.
Read the episode show notes at hubermanlab.com.
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Timestamps
(00:00:00) Jocko Willink
(00:00:23) Discipline, Impact & Autonomy in the Military
(00:02:40) Energy, Waking Up, Alarm Clock & Debate
(00:04:12) Tool: Exercise for Energy; Eating, Fasting & Mental Clarity
(00:05:45) Tool: High-Intensity Exercise, Peak Mentality
(00:06:31) Winning & Losing, SEAL Selection, BUD/S, Resilience
(00:08:34) Leadership, Morale & Mob Mentality; Tool: Detach & Correct
(00:10:36) Loss, Grief; Tool: Action as a Cure for Adversity
(00:12:17) Sponsor: AG1
(00:13:31) Parenting & Success; Tool: Be the Counterweight, Balance
(00:16:07) Sense of Self, Hardcore Music, DIY Attitude & Dissent
(00:18:55) Motivation as an Emotion, Discipline
(00:19:44) Tool: Move Toward Problems; Indirect Approach & Conflict
(00:21:14) Sponsor: LMNT
(00:22:46) Meditation, Detachment & Teaching Young Leaders
(00:24:19) Depression, Storm Clouds & Losing Perspective
(00:26:39) Tool: Detachment, Oil Rig Story, Field of View
(00:30:59) Tools: Take a Step Back, Slow Breathing & Widen Field of View
(00:32:04) Tools: Chin Up, Hands Down, Listening; Relationships
(00:34:18) Sponsor: David
(00:35:37) Tool: Deliberate Discomfort & Training Resiliency
(00:36:08) Acknowledgements
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