2018-10-07
昨日阅读1小时,累计阅读419小时
Continue to read book "Discipline equals freedom : field manual" by Jocko Willink
One of a kind. This manual doesn’t care about your feelings. This manual only wants you to get better. If you follow Jocko Willink you know he’s the no BS type. From the first few pages, you realize this isn’t a book and maybe you wanted a book maybe you wanted to read a story. That’s not what we need, we’ve got plenty of books, but a lot of us need this manual. Something to tell you to shut up and get it done. Something to make you cringe, something to remind you that life’s short take advantage of every second you’re blessed with. Are you taking full advantage of your days or are you throwing it all away because that’s whats comfortable. Guess what this manual will make you uncomfortable and yeah similar to working out you may not like it, but me I love it. Every page reminds me to crush it. The black pages let me know that not everything is gonna be sunshine and rainbows. Things aren’t always gonna be what you expect them to be, but it’s what you make of it all that defines YOU. Some will complain about this manual some will embrace it. Just remember it’s not the manuals fault you can’t get after it. It’s not the darkness that keeps you from seeing the light, but it’s your lack of will to look through the darkness that’ll keep you.
The first half, "Thoughts" felt a little silly, especially if you are already familiar with Jocko's message and/or the Podcast. Jocko goes through all the Jocko-isms (getting after it, discipline, dealing with difficult circumstances, etc...). But it is a necessary part of the book.
It gets better in the second half, where Jocko goes into principles of sleeping, training, fueling the body, etc. He sheds more light on how his sleeping schedule looks like, and his recommendations on which martial arts to train and why are spot on (I've been in the martial arts for many years: striking, grappling, weapons, modern, and traditional, and I agree with his recommendations.) Even though I know most of these things, I'd pay the small price of the book just to hear it from someone else with experience and pedigree like Jocko.
In the appendix are the workouts: for beginners, intermediate, and advanced levels. It's always good to see someone else's workout programming. There are endless ways to program for physical training, and you can learn something from anyone who has seen good results on a program.
All said and done, the book doesn't provide any special methods or training secrets. Just good principles to live by.This is fitting, because the secret is that there are no secrets.