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Podcast: Modern Wisdom

Episode: How To Build Unstoppable Confidence - Jocko Willink (4K)

Published on June 2, 2025

Hereโ€™s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode. Click on the links to watch specific excerpts on YouTube and feel free to purchase the books if they caught your interest!

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Atrocitology

by Matthew White

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Um, I've been spending a good bit of time reading more um like military history and and and trying to get a bit more of an understanding of there's a a great book called Atrocitology, which is the hundred greatest human atrocities across time.

The host mentions reading a book about human atrocities.

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John Lyle catalogue

by John Lyle

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M you know who you should have on the show? A guy called John Lyle. So he wrote a book called The Dirty Tricks Department. It was a a book about the founding of the OSS and the insane tactics that they used in World War II to try and stop World War II.

Jocko recommends a guest who wrote a book about the OSS.

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Mikey and the Dragons

by Jocko Willink

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I wrote a kid's book called Mikey and the Dragons. And the the story is, spoiler alert, the kid he's he he's uh his dad is the king. His dad dies. The kid now has to defend the village from the dragons.

Jocko Willink mentions writing a children's book and briefly describes its plot.

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The Dirty Tricks Department

by John Lisle

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But he's got another one coming out which is the OSS came into the CIA and then I think this one is the the transitions through that.

Jocko mentions that the same author has another book coming out about the transition from the OSS to the CIA.

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The Expectation Effect

by David Robson

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There's a a great book called The Expectation Effect by David Robinson. Just popular science book.

The host mentions a book about the power of expectations, citing a study from it.

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Untitled Jocko Willink Non Fiction

by Jocko Willink

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You've got uh uh Chris Pratt uh doing starring as the dramatized version of one of your books.

The host mentions that one of Jocko's books is being adapted into a show starring Chris Pratt.

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