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About face
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This is something that he got from uh a book uh by a US Army a retired Colonel named David hackworth called the bout face and if you haven't read this book it is a phenomenal pH phal book.
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I think there's only one book that I've ever given and I've only given it to a couple people and that's a book called about face by Colonel David hackworth.
Jocko Willink The Tim Ferriss Show · Jun 2024 Where and when it comes up
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About Face by David H. Hackworth is a renowned military memoir detailing the experiences of a decorated U.S. Army colonel through the Korean and Vietnam wars. The book is frequently cited by podcast guests as a definitive text on military leadership and personal transformation. On The Shawn Ryan Show, Leif Babin explained that Jocko Willink had drawn unit-naming inspiration from the memoir, praising it as a phenomenal read. Jocko Willink himself has repeatedly highlighted the book, mentioning on The Tim Ferriss Show that it is the primary book he gifts to others, and discussing on the Lex Fridman Podcast how profoundly it shaped his perspective on leadership. Furthermore, Jocko discussed his deep admiration for Hackworth as a mentor and hero on The Shawn Ryan Show, and noted on On Purpose with Jay Shetty that he was honored to write a foreword for the book, expressing regret that he never got to meet the author in person.
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Jocko Willink I think there's only one book that I've ever given and I've only given it to a couple people and that's a b… 4
“one of my biggest mentors and heroes is a guy named Colonel David Hackworth and Colonel David Hackworth was a wrote the book about face and he was a Korean War veteran and a Vietnam war veteran.”
“I think there's only one book that I've ever given and I've only given it to a couple people and that's a book called about face by Colonel David hackworth”
“yeah the main one is about face which is sitting right here there you go this is written by colonel david hackworth”
“He wrote a book called About Face which I ended up writing a forward to and I would never got to meet him.”
Leif Babin this is something that he got from uh a book uh by a US Army a retired Colonel named David hackworth called… 1
“this is something that he got from uh a book uh by a US Army a retired Colonel named David hackworth called the bout face and if you haven't read this book it is a phenomenal pH phal book”
