#565 - 16 Lessons From 2022 - Joe Rogan, Jordan Peterson & Jocko Willink

Stop worrying so much about other people liking you. Most people don't even like themselves.

Attaining something worthwhile is often going to be difficult, but just because it's difficult doesn't mean that it's worthwhile.

Many people don't have an opinion until they're asked for it, at which point they cobble together a viewpoint from whim and half-remembered hearsay before deciding that this two-minute old makeshift opinion will be their new hill to die on.

If you can't state what information would cause you to change your mind about a particular topic, then you do not have a rational view; you have a religious ideology belief.

Most people, most of the time, don't have any idea what they're doing. Adulthood is like being pushed down a set of steps at the age of 18 and just trying to control yourself and stop yourself from falling all the way until you die.

Alex Hormozi said on the episode I did with him, 'It doesn't take time to make decisions; it takes information to make decisions. If you have the information to make the decision, you should make it. A lot of people belabor a decision because they're not gaining more information to make it. Time is not a requirement for decision-making; information is.

[Jocko Willink] says 'You can't fake bravery as an emotion. You can fake being angry or upset or whatever, but if you fake bravery when you're terrified, that's bravery. Doing the thing in spite of being terrified is what bravery is.

[Jocko Willink] said, 'That's why I prefer discipline to motivation. Motivation is fleeting. It comes and goes. Discipline is always there. You don't need to want to go to the gym or meditate or walk your dog or have a difficult conversation with your partner. You simply need to do the thing.'

So, you need to choose, let's say, between a relationship and a new job ... Either decision is going to cause regret, and given the fact that regrets are unavoidable—because they're features, not bugs—which regret do you want?

Contemplate the price you pay for an action. You're already in a little hell. You know perfectly well it's going to get worse. The thing about an action is that you're blind to it. Do not make the assumption that an action has no price.

If you're going to have a committed period of focused work on a small number of projects, which you should always be doing, if you're going to do that, you need to decide in advance what you're going to suck at.

You don't become confident by shouting affirmations in the mirror but by having a stack of undeniable proof that you are who you say you are. Out-work your self-doubt.

Look at the car he's driving. Look at the watch he's wearing. Look at the girl he's with. That's unattainable to many people, so it seems like it's valuable. But then you attained it, and then you realized, oh, this is not valuable; this is just difficult to get. And there's a difference; there's a big difference. What's valuable is something that fulfills you intellectually emotionally, spiritually and lovingly.

We would care far less about what other people thought of us if we realized how rarely they did.

Talking about the thing and doing the thing vie for the same resources. Allocate your energy appropriately.

Ultimately, happiness comes down to choosing between the mental discomfort of becoming aware of your afflictions or the discomfort of becoming ruled by them.

It's not about brainwashing or indoctrination. The goal of propaganda is to control what you think other people think.