Jocko Exposes Gen Z and Millennial's Issues
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- Опубліковано 22 вер 2024
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Why we blame this generation.
I have evidence that I'm right the they are wrong.
Jiu Jitsu competition? or just train? Or skip?
Jiu Jitsu with Diabetes?
Should I make more money? Or begin to help the world with my current riches?
My older co-workers are giving me their work... and it's working for them.
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Hearing people bitch and moan about the kids they raised is hilarious
It's infuriating. It's like, "and you think this has nothing to do with you?"
Parents: have the most amount of time to spend with their kid, also parents: biologically have the most control and influence on their kid, also parents: turn into the shocked pikachu meme when their kids turn out bad 😂😂😂😂
nah its just the insufferables the rest arent as loud, and internet gives them a platform, i never see it only in group settings and everyone just ignores them
@@bulletproof1581 I always think about the uncle ruckus scene where he finds out he's black . "My son is a lesbian dragon.... This... This can't be"
@@AndrewSullivan-d3x I agree it's not everyone but id actually prefer if they were doing it out loud instead of secretly inviting desperate immigrants in to replace their own children's jobs.
The fact young people are priced out of home ownership, in a way never experienced by the previous generations, has such a damaging effect on their outlook of life.
When you are priced out of having a family, and a future, it's little wonder why materialistic nihilism fills the void.
Hope is the cruelest form of deception. All many know in the west. Society is obseesed with homes, entertainment, cars, things on and on and nothing inside to show how to BECOME A HUMAN.
Priced out how? You mean you can’t afford a new home in a rich neighborhood? That isn’t new. It’s you being lazy. Plenty of people my age are fine.
@@whiteknob7944 OK, I'll start quadrupling my income tomorrow. Thanks for the inspiration!
No one cares. Work harder.
@@motownpontiac cringe.
-My parents bought my childhood home in 1996 for $110k. Adjusted for inflation, that’s $224k. That home is currently valued at $485k on Zillow.
-I work almost the exact same job that my dad did back in the 90s (web development). Adjusted for inflation, I earn roughly 1/3 what he did.
-almost everyone in my parents generation payed their way through college with minimum wage summer jobs. Almost every one of my peers worked all through college, and still graduated with massive debt.
Life is objectively much, much harder for millennials and Gen Z than it was for earlier generations. That’s not an opinion, it’s a fact that is consistently supported by real world data. The older generations can spew their ignorant negative options about the younger generations, but the facts don’t lie.
I was a big believer in hustle culture (and still act like it, I'd argue), but learning macroeconomics and reading charts that align exactly with what you're saying was a huge wake-up call for me that many issues are systemic and only getting worse. Aggregate data really doesn't lie. Anecdotes might not lie, either, but they can be misleading (and people often take their personal situation as gospel)... but that said, some of the hardest working and smartest people I know have struggled the most in recent years.
lol
The "take ownership" argument falls flat on its ass.
I read this quote from an American writer named Henry David Thoreau, this feels very topical,
“One may almost doubt if the wisest man has learned anything of absolute value by living. Practically, the old have no very important advice to give the young, their own experience has been so partial, and their lives have been such miserable failures, for private reasons, as they must believe; and it may be that they have some faith left which belies that experience, and they are only less young than they were. I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear the first syllable of valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors. They have told me nothing, and probably cannot tell me anything to the purpose. Here is life, an experiment to a great extent untried by me; but it does not avail me that they have tried it. If I have any experience which I think valuable, I am sure to reflect that this my Mentors said nothing about.” - Henry David Thoreau, “Economy,” Walden
Fun fact, this writer died at the age of 45, the book Walden, is named after a pond Henry built a cabin next to, it was land owned by his friend Ralph Waldo Emerson, the book follows his thoughts on varying subjects as he experimentally lives in the cabin for 2 years, 2 months, and 2 days, he started the experiment at 27 years old in 1845.
I work 80-120 hours a week. I refuse to live in poverty. Don't look at what I own and say I cheated. Everyone wants something, but not always willing to pay the price.
I'm 28yrs old, college degree (loans paid off) and working 60hrs a week as a fiber optics technician and part time on the weekends as a firearms instructor at my local range. I get ghosted by girls my age because I'd rather go to dinner than sleep with them (true story). Can't figure out how I'll ever afford to own where I live, a reliable car to get to work in the snow or how to retire in 30-40 years. Instead of blaming "they," or accepting "them" saying my generation is lazy and doesn't want to work, I get up and go to the gym in the morning, read books at night and build people up around me struggling with the same problems. The truth is, I'm exhausted and sick of the older generations blaming us for the mess we are inheriting. Future looks bleak but I'm doing my best day in and day out. Really glad Jocko addressed this. Anybody else relating to this, please stay strong. Hard times create strong men.
Yessir. 26 here and grinding my butt off everyday. No excuses. Let's get it brother 💪
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Don’t. Don’t buy. Rent. Save. Don’t mess with “these” girls. You can find a decent girl somewhere else. Focus on that later. Make your money now.
Plumbers, electricians and elevator mechanics make a lot of $ and they are in demand- just a thought -‘good luck !
I'm a fiber tech as well what state you work in ?
Kids want to work from home? Imagine that horror. Not spending 2h a day on commute, sleeping better, eating better, having more time for family and exercise. OH THE HORROR!
Yeah, I don't get it...
The boomers are gonna die and the ones that are left will only THEN have the chance to change something. Until those in power are alive, shit ain't gonna change.
Older generations, who are leading the country and workforce, should embrace being responsible for their mistakes. Here in Italy companies blame they cannot find blue collar skilled workers because "everybody went to university" except it's a lie. The old generation keep their knowledge to themselves because they strongly believe that teaching youngsters is creating a new competitor and that one would "steal their job", so companies (who do not want to train people) suffer of generational change in the workforce Also I heard from old people in their 70s, 80s conversations that can be resumed like this: they are glad they are old, that they do not have much to live because if they were young they would not know how to survive this era.
Here in America, take the same attitude. They don't want to train the new guy because they know he's their replacement. And most of our older folks don't have guaranteed pensions. They have these scams called 401ks that gain or lose money based on the stock market. They can't afford to retire or be retired by force.
Here in the US, for decades there was a trope that you basically need to go to college or you wont get anywhere in life.
@@Straight_White_Fatherly_Figure Yeah to scale their own social/economic class, from poor class to middle-middle-higher class. So to be "white collar", guess who is destroying the nation? their sons and daughters.
We’re also not gona give up are workers rights to make dinosaurs feel like they got there due.
It's true to a degree I don't think it's as big as people think. Most of those guys in blue collar roles want to get paid tk train the new guy and they don't so why should they. Everything is is way more expensive per dollar purchasing power than it used to be so new guys only slow down the heavy hitter workers making money per job instead of per hour.
As a millennial, I want to work. I want to prove myself. At my current job of 4 years, I spent the first 2 years trying to learn everything I could and being as helpful as possible. I was also severely underpaid for what I did, but in hindsight that's partially my fault for not putting my foot down and making them give me a higher starting pay since they were desperate at the time. 2 years go by, they give me a pay raise based on "surrounding businesses with similar titles". Another 2 years have gone by and I have been told there will not be any pay raises for X, Y and Z which everyone knows simply aren't true. Hard work is not respected anymore. When I try to do the right thing or fix problems at work, I am met with resistance and apathy from my bosses, there just isn't a reason to try anymore.
Not all businesses are the same and many still value hard work friend. Just gotta use your off time to find a better job. It's much easier to get a new one when youre still employed
No offense, but this is a you problem - if your skills are worth more than you’re currently being paid, take your skills onto the open job market and see if another company will offer more for those skills
@blairl6304 your 1st sentence is unfortunately offensive for 2 reasons.
1: More and more bosses/companies are not valuing hard work. So, it is more difficult to find a company actually will value your input and effort.
2: Finding a job is very difficult, and for some, not feasible. We know many people are struggling to find work and it's not exactly going to get easier in the near future. Some people are geographically stuck and moving may not be an option.
I'm not saying don't look for better work, but to say "That's a you problem" does not take into account the difficulties are in entailed. There may be a solid reason not to go out into the job market at that time.
It’s easier to take your skills elsewhere and if they ask, just tell them their is no future here
I mirror this past experience
The smirk Jocko gives AC around 8:25 after he says “these & they” right after explaining the wise use of a mouth filter is priceless. 😭🙌🏽
The fact younger people want "work life balance," and it is somehow an issue even though we supposedly live in a free country is insane.
I'm a millennial, had a boomer tell me yesterday I'm not doing well because of video games.
I kindly pointed out were both truck drivers for the same company and I have been here 12 years doing the exact same job...
Americans already work the most hours, have the least vacation, least benefits, and have no healthcare system. Our education is also the most expensive by many MULTIPLES.
The game is rigged.
At the same time the country is being flooded by illegal AND legal immigrants because companies lobby (bribe) the government saying they can’t hire workers for the job - what they’re really doing is DRIVING DOWN the cost of labor drastically.
lol the boomer is the npc of videogame, repeating all the same thing.
Should have told him you used to be an adventurer... 🤔😆
lol I just love how millennials are still blamed. Most now are in their 30s and early 40s, have families etc.
@scottf5791 I have 2 kids and every boomer calls me a kid, still.
My neighbor across the street is old and retired. He tells me "I enjoy watching this kid (me) raise a family across the street." He puts me down in a context of being below him in EVERYTHING.
The last time we spoke I snapped. He was degrading every aspect of my life like I was just complaining.
So i asked how much his house cost. 20k.
I told him I paid 200k to be across the street, and our homes being 400k to 600k was actually really really bad. He tried telling me inflation has kept up and asked if he has ever, EVER done the real number on inflation. He needed a long pause for that one... it was a "no."
I made it clear the reason all of his sons don't have homes or family's but I do, is because I beat the odds and got lucky.
Economic problems and wondering where the next meal comes from, isn't an attitude problem like boomers would have us think. Making formula at home wasn't exactly easy.
I take extreme ownership BECAUSE I understand the issues.
Great podcast. As a true boomer (age 73) I’m glad to have the opportunity to meet and share experiences with Zs and millennials. Zs have fresh ideas and long for kind wisdom, millennials are realizing that they are more responsible than they imagined. Both groups are stepping up and as a FOG I love that. They are not the future, they are the present, and are present.
boomers = worst generation in human history
This badly needed saying. I’m in my mid 40’s and I teach young adults and many of them are wayyy more clued in and savvy than many of us were 20+ years ago. It’s too easy to label younger people in this way. Are they annoying or unfocussed at times? Of course, but so was anyone in the entire history of humanity at 19 or 20 years of age.
I was very focused at 20. Just not on anything useful.
100%
I'm mid 40's as well. My genz employees are great. They just want know what they're doing matters. They're alright putting in the work, but they want to know it will lead to something. They're simply not willing to endlessly do all the crap just because a boomer said that's the way life works. Life is really expensive and a lot of these kids graduate college with an immediate house payment sized bill called a student loan payment. They don't have the ability to work for 10 years for 30K a year while they "pay their dues."
I'd argue most young people would focus if there was something to focus on, I mean they have almost the entire sum total of human knowledge in their pockets, it's the fact that no opportunities exist to capitalize on, I mean in the 90s kids and teens wanted to be firefighters, construction workers and astronauts, but now they want to be influencers, not because they're lazy but that influencers are the only ones that seem to be doing well, blue collar workers are under paid and over worked now more than ever and astronauts pretty much don't exist, and young people see that and it affect their motivation,
I mean would you go for an apprenticeship after hearing 14 hour a day weeks at 8 hours a day pay? I know I wouldn't
@@keats182 I think one of the issues is that they are almost too aware. Sometimes ignorance is bliss but these modern kids are basically born cynical in many ways. Maybe cynical isn’t the right word but take education for example, their goal in the classroom isn’t to learn stuff often, it’s more to figure out what’s going to be on the exam. They’re constantly trying to `hack’ the system which is completely understandable, but you would wonder if it is completely beneficial in the long run. So much of life actually doesn’t have a deeper meaning, things can be menial by their nature, but that doesn’t mean they have to necessarily be negative.
Thank you, Jocko! I've been working hard lately to break the habit of complaining and blaming. Instead, when challenges come my way, I'm training myself to say, "Good."
Same here and it's starting to effect the my office friends. It is so hard to break as i'm surrounded by it all day when i'm at work.
@@gleadr6869I no longer have any friends but a few family members but I'm feeling less miserable. Keep up the good work, we will find our real friends if we don't stray from the way.
I struggle with this. We have a bad shortage in my trade and we are underpaid. I regularly hear "young people don't want to work" while they lose employees who look for better incomes
The first thing I thought when reading the title was “ok, boomer.” 😂😂😂😂
Pls do not remind me
Exactly 😂
My first thought was “Good, Jocko’s got some wisdom to share!”
Just really a lack of mentorship, especially for young men. A lot of society just thinks that other people should be raising their kids instead of themselves. People aren't being responsible for their kids and it is incrementally having negative repercussions on a societal level with each passing year. Not to mention divorce rates and an overall lack of family unity.
We had that in the 80s and you basically had to raise yourself and maybe siblings, but there was a more ordered society
@@evaescrihuela1162 In the 80s you could get a job and pay off a house before 2008.
Now people under the age of 35 just won't ever be able to own a home unless they leave the cities and live in the sticks where there are no services...
people aren't being responsible for kids period, I mean how many young men would benefit from a mentor at work? almost all of them I'd bet but no mentors exist, period
Appreciate this Jocko. Life is difficult for all of us and we should take ownership over our circumstances and persevere.
This is why I think “The Dichotomy of Leadership” was the superior work. It offered some much needed nuance.
In my experience “They” are often those coming into the workforce from a specific education and they are not only completely unprepared they are unmanageable.
Leaders do not have the time/resources to offer a full education and teach employees how to be a decent human being/ co worker.
The education system and culture has failed.
I'm 50 and after 4 years of remote work, any future position needs to include remote work. I will not be working in the office ever again. Especially now in the feminised, toxic environment.
Right. You say hi or good morning wrong and some how your degrading a woman in the work place. 😂
@@benclark1376🤨
Listen to Jocko's video again 😁
Started in the universities and spilled into the workplace.
@@M.STAR.MEDIA1 I know. I was making a joke. To the guys original comment. That he doesn't want to go back into the office.
I'll be 40 in a few months. I've always worked 80-100 hours a week in the oilfield since I was 18, the last 5 years I started going to the boxing gym, to the yoga studio, and am active in the community. Work life balance is very important to me. Life is better than ever, even with less money....
These thumbnail pictures are killing me 😂
Our parents generation betrayed us. It's time we aknowledge the truth and reject everything our parents generation did. They did not hand down traditions, culture, values, patriotism., dignity, morals. They only lived for themselves and now we suffer. May we never recreate their misstakes and let's instead build a bright future for the next generation.
So true. The severing of tradition from our generation is probably the most damaging thing.
@@NewRealityPill great. You feel you’ve identified the problem…. Now begin the redemption.
@@motownpontiacyes you admit to treachery as traitorous intentions
Yep. Parents told us what not to do to make their life easier. Never what needs to be done to be successful. They were tearing apart family because they wanted to do their own thing.
Now that we know this, it's time to be the leaders. We can fix society 1 family at a time. We need to build communities of like-minded people who put family first instead of the individual.
Good luck out there, brother.
@o0GaSMaN0o good luck to you, warrior. I have 5 kids and I am raising them to do what is best for society. May you do the same.
Who wants to work hard when the job youre supposed to do is barely paying for rent while your supervisor is earning twice what your entire team makes. Why would anyone want to be loyal to a company like that.
True, bur tour don't have control of the company. You control you. Focus on that. Focus on getting yourself into the best position you can
That’s life dude. There is always going to be someone that makes more than you.
Thata not the point i was trying to make. 50 years ago your boss was making a far more reasonable amount of money and so did you. It was possible to buy a house and support a family with most jobs. Nowadays youre lucky if your job leaves you with some money for the next month and buying a home is basically impossible. The only way to get a high paying job is through nepotism. Even with College education its hard to get a job even in STEM fields.
It's not about the pay. Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.
Make yourself marketable. Have a skill set that most don't want or know how to do. I didn't graduate from college. Got a job as an apprentice after the military and worked my way up from there. Have to know how to budget and not be self indulged in the beginning.
Gen Z has had to deal with something the previous generations didn’t. Being a young adult in this country today leaves you feeling helpless. They’ve made it extremely difficult to be able to afford even the most basic living space. Then if you’re able to somehow afford it, you’re spending 50%-60% maybe even 70% of your income on housing. How is anybody supposed to feel like they can improve their position when staying afloat is such a challenge. I’ve learned that a lot of Millennials and Gen Z’ers can’t stick to a job because they’re trying to make enough to survive and 90% of jobs you find nowadays do not pay enough to make a living.
I’ve had countless friends who were forced to move back in with their parents after YEARS of living on their own.
I was living at home during college and a bit afterwards. My sibling was/is a violent and abusive heroin addict living there and it was terrifying and dangerous living there. I lived in an expensive city and was acting like my situation was firstly my brothers fault for being abusive but also societies fault because it was too expensive too move out and wages were stagnant and too low. I also blamed society for dumping this violent heroin addict on my parents with zero support and resources to actually help. This is all technically true sure, but it doesn't help me. It being true doesn't mean that it's worth focusing on and that's what Jocko taught me. It took me years of listening to Jocko for it to truly sink in. That's why this video made me laugh because we can all understand what he's saying but it takes constantly reminding ourselves and analyzing our thinking before it truly sinks in. I still have to remind myself today of this.
I like how he explains stuff while holding the knife in his hand :)))
JOCKO IS GOING OFF!!!!
I’m solid GenX.
I wish I had quit jobs sooner when I was younger, rather than “toughing it out”. Just wasted time with the same outcome.
Young people SHOULD “question everything”. The biggest reason being- you’ve mostly been lied to or ill-advised your entire lives.
So I understand the youth perspective on those parts.
They should be teachable in their areas of ignorance- and those are many when you’re young… IF the knowledge you’re getting is good.
Bunch of kids raised by single moms, women school teachers, and now female bosses and people wonder why things are falling apart.
Why would young men fight or work hard for ran through feminist with no legal authority in a gynocentric society? Talk about that Jocko.
Facts - and women in the west think their lives should be like the top top 1% of Instagram “‘models” doing nothing but traveling, lavish lifestyle etc. So any guy who isn’t either 1% top looks, or 1% top wealth is going to get nothing.
Then that those 99% of men get shamed for being losers, “just put yourself out there” “just be yourself”
Ok boomer.
Sometimes people with different personalities clash from different generations. My issue with older generations is that it's always "their way or the highway" which is so selfish and shallow. But I stopped caring and am better for it
Going "ok boomer" to Jocko sounds like a way to a long vacation
well, he's not a normal boomer. most are so caught up in their retirement that they prefer to screw people over rather than help them.
A great quote from "The Equaliser" that is 100% true: "Don't blame the kid, blame the parents"
If you are a disciplinary parent, your child will be disciplined.
if you are a musical parent, your child will be musical.
If you are a bad parent, your child will be bad.
Thisvideo almost made me cry not gonna lie. Thank you jocko for maing these points. Im 29 and have tried to explain to older people who look down on me why my outlook is the way it is. Everything you said is what uve bee rying to convey but it just goes in one ear and out the other. Still staying strong though, im exercising, learning martial arts and learning spanish. Much love man
Homeownership out of reach? Rent to expensive? Good, homelessness is the real way to live like nature intended.
Can't save because utilities and rent are too high? Good.
It’s a nomadic lifestyle going back to our roots.
The average age of Congress is 80. Those people won't release the reigns. Our Founding Fathers were mostly in their 20's.
I need to listen to your stuff more jocko everytime I’m like f u your wrong! god dammit he’s right I need to do better lol
Thing i have learned is number don't lie with accurate information.
This is why they don't want to work. You run the numbers and most job pay about the same.
Following these principles over the last few years has removed so much stress in my life. Understanding then accepting ownership/responsibility means I have the control to change the situation, no more impotent rage, but a pathway to change. Get his books (I recommend the audio books since he reads them)
Last year as a youth basketball coach (middle school, Gen alphas) was one of my worst. A 9-2 team that made the quarterfinals of the playoffs was plagued by that 'me-first', AAU mentality that was very toxic, and from two of the 'best' players.
My plan this year: fix what I DO as a coach. If I coach better, from expectations to play, practice, and games, we'll be a better team.
This man is the most assertive human being on Earth
Gen Z brought in Remote work and work-life balance, as a 40yr old; its now in my favor to work less and enjoy my life. My managers realize all the new hires are lacking and appreciates me training, if they want to listen.
Its not just the last 2/3 generations. There are many who have been working for YEARS. 2- 5 years from retirement who don't take pride in their work. Aren't willing to continually improve products and processes. Jocko is 100% right. Its LEADERSHIP.
You're right that it's leadership, but any implication that people just don't want to work hard is bullshit. Plenty do not, but plenty would be willing to if they were not being completely screwed on pay scale. I worked for a top 3 insurance company that had a lucrative profit sharing program. When they started the program they were consistently averaging $100 million per year in after tax profit. After they cut the employees in on the profits (not uncommon to have 20% of your annual salary handed to you in a check) the after tax profits for the company pretty much doubled every year until it got to over a billion my last year there. Did every employee work extra hard and deserve the bonus? Clearly not, but that's impossible to track and quantify outside of sales. But enough put in the extra work. Also note that the company had to be in profit to bonus. So it cost the company no risk. People just need to know "what's in it for me". If my reward for working extra hard is you get a massive cash bonus and I get a 15 minute break and pizza, then fucking duh. Workers are getting screwed now more than ever and they know that at least. I am a business owner, but if I went back into my old tech job I left ten years ago my salary would be about the same. Yeah, no thank you.
@danielbrown9368 Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of people still getting after it. I hear you on the benefits and crap. It's frustrating to see our insurance go up. Cost of Retirement going up. - leadership needs to see and recognize these things.
@@danielbrown9368 no the "people don't want to work" is true, they just cut it short, the full version is "people don't want to work for the slop that's on offer"
People frequently mistake boomers as an AGE range of 45-65 when it's actually based on BIRTH YEAR of 45-65.
That post-WWII "baby boom"
When there is an Extreme Lack Of Leadership among those who set the standard for the younger generations, isn't there a disconnect on the concept of Extreme Ownership. The District Of Criminal's Inc. , the Cult Of Oligarchy and the Cult Of Entertainment Personalities are setting a very low bar of Character. The generational blame game is analogous to the view of a mirror. 🙏
@@robertbennett1287 go ahead. Point some more fingers. Or you can work on fixing the problem.
@@motownpontiactell us how we literally think the end of this is extinction
@@TL-rh1lf instead of placing blame on the previous generation and its perceived lack of leadership…. You take ownership of your own actions and choices
This is probably one of the most important messages to date jocko. The millennial generation is supposed to be the crisis generation. What was the other generation that was a crisis generation? The silent generation!!!! What’s the difference between these two generations? The leadership. The generation of our grandparents had strong leaders, whereas we the millennial generation have very weak leaders that further help us fill the purposeless void with (stolen from different comment) materialistic nihilism.
They learned from the best... look at hollywood and politics, almost everyone in those theaters are over the age of 40-50, GenX and Boomers.
If the generations that come before are spineless, sinful and disgusting, the generations that come will be broken.
1:26 in the morning. Posted 5 minutes ago. Lets get it.
I homeschool. My kids are welcome everywhere and have the choice to walk away from abusive bosses/leadership. And they do. This happens because I am the leader that taught them to be excellent and to walk away.
TRUTH! Love that you are saying this aloud.
Extreme ownership goes both ways. I can own where I am in my life and the ways I could be doing better and the leadership who created the current economy, pay structure, housing market, tuition prices etc. can own the world they’ve created for us to live in. I respect Jocko for not making another one of “these damn kids” videos.
Thanks Jocko, they should teach this in School.
Speaking from experience myself and a millennial myself speaking from experience
As a millenial in the workforce right now the problem I am seeing is that the next generation that is leading is in essence a bunch of fucking butter bars with a compass and a map with no idea on how to read either thinking they deserve respect when they have shown time and time again that they cannot lead, whereas the people actually doing the work know what needs to be done in both terms of the mission as well as how to truly accomplish it and are in essence telling the leaders to go fuck off.
Growing up, my Dad showed me everything by example. I saw how miserable he was doing his job, but performed it day in and day out to put food on our table. That pushed me to further my education (formal and informal) so I can be more choosey on jobs I take and I get paid very well. A couple months ago I was able to do a lot of electrical work on his house b/c of how flexible my job is.
I love how you are trying to reduce reliance on external platforms!! I say we all leave youtube completely!!
How can I understand them better? How can I inspire them? How can I listen better? How can I get them to understand my point of view without coming across as bossy? How can I resolve their complaints without spoiling them? Those are the good questions.
I feel comfortable talking and playing with my K-Bar!😂
Glad I’m GenX. We are in the sweet spot. We know technology, and we still know the old ways to survive as well.
I am also GenX. I was trained as an engineer by a "boomer" who had to learn the job without calculators. So with that skillset plus the ability to use technology well, I am very well set.
@@Joeybagofdonutts Im at the cusp of gen x and millenial , and agree. The 80s were a great time to grow up. Huge tech increases, easy life, but not innudated w tech ( kids played outside and had healthier, more amazing tv shows) , and the mind virus of certain modern cultural elements that i will not elaborate on. Even so I still look back on 20s-40sas yielding even higher caliber people, partly due to hardship as well as cultural elements
you're acting like poors don't exist, I'm 23 and had to hunt squirrels with a slingshot to survive, fish and steal too, you only see the sheltered middle class kids online, the rest are too busy surviving
Most genxers I know are a bunch of has beens a who didn’t know what they had growing up in what was basically a golden age of human development, 70s,80s,90s. Not saying you’re like this but genx just takes things for granted. (Who doesn’t I guess, this is just my experience w my parents and their cohorts)
My kids grew up fine. And as far as I know, they aren't blaming older people for their issues. Not everyone is a "problem" nor avoids responsibility for their circumstances
Yessir only the blessed ones understand. The generations before gen z and gen z raised these kids and are the reason why they are the way they are. The problem with the adults before us is they don’t hold themselves accountable for anything. They blame outside factors or blame their own kids instead of blaming themselves. Why are they acting this way? Why are you allowing their behavior?
I am an older millennial; with that being said, every time Gen X or Boomers complain about today's younger generations, I simply ask them, "Who raised them?"
just realized, even when virtual - how I focus more when large dudes are speaking and carrying a knife. Thank you Jocko for the awareness. Best all.
These lessons are so valuable. This video should have a million views
My lord that last part about the full episode. No.2 ... my office if FULL of these types of people, it takes all my willpower not to let the boss know i'm heading out for the day. The arguments that go on daily is insane. I put headphones in have some music going and try and do some work / ignore them.
When you actually understand whats going on, you will understand why so many people opt out.
I love that in the thumbnail it looks like Jocko is about to beat the bejeezus out of an entire middle school then force-feed that energy drink he won't stop advertising to me down their gullets.
😂😂 is that A. I Jocko with a backpack??! 🤣
As gen x I blame the boomers who stole 30 trillion dollars and have nothing to show for it but a worthless dollar and overpriced everything
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I can work with them. I do the work while my colleague (half my age) is fake sick. We have a mutual supervisor, he is very sympathetic to any excuse. So I keep doing the work because I think it's the right thing to do. And work on not caring what anyone else around me does. I stopped working myself into burnout and got better at saying no. I have given up changing anyone else's attitude.
0:12 Taking extreme ownership 🔪🔪🔪 ? 😂😅
Blaming each other is exactly what they want.
Clearly, as a Gen Z person. I think some of the issues stem from Parents not parenting. Whether that’s not teaching them consequences of bad behaviour or setting boundaries. While also not giving enough of a leash to learn on their own. Another thing is also not prioritizing FAMILY TIME. Listening to them and talking because you can help foster relationship giving them advice and have productive conversations to develop a bond.
As a young man in today's world, it is absolutely imperative to be in command of your own actions. I've found it very difficult for me to control and direct my focus at will in a world of constant stimulus and instant distraction. I am working on taking accountability, but distraction is an always present enemy. Does anybody have any tips that really worked for you on how to live a more disciplined life in this kind of environment?
Im in my 40s and the biggest issue with younger generations was shit leadership by MY generation.
The older generation will always compare themselves with younger generations mistakes and vice versa.
the issue with the generational gaps today are simple but confound. I saw the red flags surrounding college debt in Highschool, and that you could just walk in to a job, work, and 2 - 4 years later be 40 - 50 years ahead of most of the people graduating college. The job market is drying up right now, and i dont have high hopes for the next few years. The money you make is only profitable to those that dont have debt, and hardly have any extra expenditures apart from the necessities.
Jocko got the wrong end of the stick on this one and disappeared down a rabbit hole.
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lol wish you had that knife in your hand during your pod with Alex Honnold 😂😂😂 that flat affect “Woah” would’ve been priceless
On the topic of the Vietnam War, Nixon doesn’t get enough credit for his leadership. He allowed the services and especially the Navy to put a stop to North Vietnamese aggression. Under him, Operation Linebacker was carried out which mined the harbors, destroyed the petroleum reserves, and destroyed the infrastructure choke points. This primarily caused North Vietnam and the VC to sign the Paris peace accords in January 1973 which technically was a U.S. and South Vietnam victory. But Nixon was removed from office in 1974 and the communists tested President Ford by invading again. He never got the approval from Congress to resupply the South and in 1975 the Republic of Vietnam was finished.
Had Operation Linebacker been carried out in 1964, the outcome of this war would have been much different. It’s likely the merchant mariners of the SS Mayaguez would not have been taken hostage, Pol Pot wouldn’t have come to power in Cambodia, and South Vietnam would still be on the map. Also, there would not have been a draft because Linebacker only required a minimum amount of ground forces.
Why did we go to Vietnam? Has a Vietnamese person ever threatened you? Think outside the Dunning and the Kruger.
Jocko holding his podcast co-host at knifepoint.
Sat in a dark room across a small table with a navy seal pointing a knife at me...Eco sweating, praying this episode is going okay... ; ) Great clip guys thanks for the great insights and inspiration!
If i can add a positive you gave all these guys a chance to tell their story on here that is pretty cool helped me growing up when i used to walk thru the woods or anyone whether they get war stories of their own or not seems like life always has battles waiting for everyone unique to each person
The kids are not the ones who began the participation trophies. It was their parents.
With return to office example, it’s not that they’re doing a bad job explaining why we need to be in the office. It’s that they don’t have one. Their actual reason is “because I said so”, they just make up some other nonsense like “collaboration” to cover it. Your forced collaboration is about the game last night that idgaf about and is getting in the way of my work.
"I'm doing a bad job of explaining why it's important to come into the office" is a good start. The next step is considering the possibility of "I might be wrong about whether it's actually important to come into the office".
"taking extreme ownership"
may involve doing something to the powers that be at this point... lol
The apostrophe goes after the s. It's "Millennials'"
There are multiple millennials and the apostrophe shows that they have something.
There are some dynamics that are out of control, specially for youngsters. In many (specially eu countries), older outvote the younger. Those countries have public pensions, meaning pensions are paid out of taxes. Older gens are pushing for higher pensions, and youngster see an increased burden on taxes, while still cant pay rent, for the older to live comfortably in their paid off homes and going out every day to have lunch or dinner out. This is not the "them" thing, is coaction: "pay my retirement or go to jail for tax fraud". Its demotivating for youngsters to work and push themselves just to see how they cant progress economically in stagnated countries that subsidize the older.
In the work env, genZ are different, but not bad. I dont see the point of my junior working late, they wont be fresh and will burn out. I dont see the point of coming everyday to the office, but a couple days a week instead, mainly for networking. And I love how new gens are so built into chatGpt or other tools, so productive. I love how they challenge every command, they need to understand the "why", if i am unable to explain why we are doing something, maybe we shouldnt. Every person and every gen is different, getting the best out of anyone is the duty of a leader.
I think boomers need to take a long hard look in the mirror as well.
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I’m 💯 Gen X too, but our kids call us boomers too! 😂 thanks Jocko ; I’m not alone. God bless you both.
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Every older generation have had complaints about the 'new' generation. Don't forget, new generations were forged by previous generations. I found being a guy in his 60's in the military, that the core of good human attributes are there in the young men I was exposed to. Are there nuances? Yes. The young folks are still looking for guidance, for advice, for wisdom. What they want? Forged by us, developed, nurtured by us 'boomers'. Take responsibility as a boomer and lay down some wisdom, directly or Socraticaly.
As a 28 year old millennial, i have a job and work one day a week. Who lives with her parents, i did have a house for two months but the bills were too hard to do on my own and i got very lonely.. so that’s why i am where i am right now.
i do however plan on moving out again but with a roommate.. eventually
P.s. i don’t drive, too much fear
See how easy life is for girls?? Incredible…
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The boomers and GI generation grew up in a time of plenty. Admittedly a little less so with the GI generation bc of WW2 and the depression, but they had some really unique circumstances that set them up for success if you were even moderately hard working and you just showed up. I think a lot of the animosity “the younger generation” has is actually because we are seeing declining opportunities to make a reasonable living let alone get ahead in life. Few of us can even dream of leading a middle class lifestyle even with hard work and personal excellence.
The message is easy, the learning curve with leadership needs to adjust to younger generation.
However, I want to point out. My zone of millennial had been nick named Xenial, reason being the older millennials grew up in a gen x world while the younger millennial grew up more in a gen z world.
Questioning leadership only helps the leader get better at leading especially while learning the new generation more efficiently
And let it be known I think any and every generation would fold if they were born in this era because we simply are not ready for this technology.
Exactly.
There is a lot to unpack here; the premise of "extreme ownership" applies to all age categories. The younger generations will have to hustle and grind away in order to fix issues that were caused by prior generations. This country has been led by "boomers" for too long, and their ideologies do not work well with modern day society. Their policies have been one systematic failure after another, and for some strange reason, they believe they are due respect.
Ownership is one thing, but resentment is another, I believe Mr. Willink would know this as he is a connoisseur of history. Wars are started for various reasons, and this country was founded because a lot of people were sick of "the establishment's" bullshit . If things continue the way they are, prices will keep getting higher, college will be obtainable only by the wealthy, and only the privileged will own a home. This is not a future anyone deserves, and that is why these younger generations are either apathetic and/or angry. In any case, this is not going to work out well for anyone, especially these second generation Gatsby assholes.
Must have been posted about the time Jocko woke up
Every generation speaks similar about the next and it's usually stereo typical.
I work 84 hours a week a huge amount of the time, lots of people that older like to say they did that too but very few actually did. I also make decent money and have an actual skill, i in no way have anywhere near the purchasing power my parents did, who worked less snd made less.