Jocko Willink Shares His Super Power: Detachment | Jocko Willink & Dr. Andrew Huberman

Being able to take a step back detach and see the bigger picture to me is the true superpower of life of life . And it's , it's a lot harder than it sounds .

Jocko Willink Shares His Super Power: Detachment | Jocko Willink & Dr. Andrew Huberman

And it's , it's so , it's such a helpless feeling to , to sit there and tell someone , hey , you , you , you , you just move a little bit towards me and you're gonna get , get out of this storm and it's so much easier said than done . And , and that's why trying to engage with people and trying to give people that superpower of detachment where they can take a step back and say , you know what ? You're right man , that , that girl , she , she wasn't who I really thought she was .

Jocko Willink Shares His Super Power: Detachment | Jocko Willink & Dr. Andrew Huberman

Somebody has a problem in the Seal teams and they think this is the whole world and I blew it . And , and now what are they gonna do when you're facing a significant problem in life ? A relationship , a problem with a job , you gotta remember that you're in one ecosystem and if you step outside of that ecosystem , no one really cares .

Jocko Willink Shares His Super Power: Detachment | Jocko Willink & Dr. Andrew Huberman

You know , Tim Ferris said , get out of your head , get into your body . That's a one way to do it , take action , go do things . But it's , it's very , it's very scary and I'm sure you've had this experience where you're talking to someone that , you know , and they're bogged down in whatever problem it is whatever stress they're under a a and you're looking at them going .

Jocko Willink Shares His Super Power: Detachment | Jocko Willink & Dr. Andrew Huberman

But what struck me was to me , I was like , oh , no big deal to her . It was her whole life . And then I got to see that with my other kids .