The Resilient Mind

Your Excuses Are Stealing Everything You Want - Jocko Willink

The Resilient Mind

Show Notes

John Gretton "Jocko" Willink is a retired United States Navy officer who served in the Navy SEALs and is a former member of SEAL Team 3. Jocko was honored with the Silver Star and Bronze Star Medal for his service. He achieved the rank of lieutenant commander. Jocko also co-authored the books Extreme Ownership and The Dichotomy of Leadership.

Take action and strengthen your mind with The Resilient Mind Journal. Get your free digital copy today: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/Download_Journal

Explore tools from past guests of the podcast. Some links below are affiliate links, meaning we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you:

💓 HeartMath: https://www.heartmath.com/resilient 🧠 Muse: https://choosemuse.com/resilientmind 🌿 Brain Ritual: https://www.brainritual.com/THERESILIENTMIND

🌍 The Resilient Mind Podcast is a proud member of 1% for the Planet — building resilient minds and a resilient planet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

More from The Resilient Mind

Oct 23, 2026

Dr. Kelly McCann is a triple board-certified physician in internal medicine, pediatrics, and integrative medicine, and the founder of The Spring Center in Costa Mesa, California. She has spent nearly three decades working with some of modern medicine’s most complex and misunderstood conditions, including mold toxicity, chronic infections, mast cell activation, and nervous-system dysregulation. Drawing on both rigorous clinical training and a master’s in spiritual psychology, her approach treats the mind, body, emotions, and spirit as inseparable rather than isolated parts. Her evolving life’s work, The Unforgetting Project, is a healing philosophy built on the premise that illness, at its deepest level, is the body asking us to come back to ourselves.

Oct 21, 2026

Dr. Joe Dispenza is a renowned author, speaker, and educator in the fields of neuroscience, epigenetics, and quantum physics. He has spent over three decades studying the mind-body connection and the ways in which we can harness our thoughts and emotions to create positive change in our lives.

Oct 16, 2026

What would it take to walk into a world that isn’t yours, earn the trust of people who would kill you if they knew who you really were, and do it while your family lives just minutes away, completely unaware? Tegan Broadwater did exactly that. A former jazz musician turned Fort Worth police officer, he spent nearly two years undercover infiltrating a violent Crip gang, an operation that sent 51 people to prison. But this conversation goes beyond the operation. It’s about what living a double life revealed about identity, trust, and the masks every one of us wears without realizing it.

Oct 14, 2026

Sadhguru is the founder of the Isha Foundation located in Coimbatore, India. The foundation operates an ashram and yoga center that specializes in education and spiritual practices. An accomplished yoga teacher since 1982, Sadhguru is also the author of several New York Times bestsellers, such as Inner Engineering: A Yogi's Guide to Joy and Karma: A Yogi's Guide to Crafting Your Destiny. He is also a frequent speaker at international events and forums.

See all episodes →