0:00:00 – Opening. Jocko’s foundations of leadership. The Foreword for the new release of “About Face”.
0:40:43 – Discussion
0:46:43 – Lessons from Hackworth still applicable today.
1:20:08 – Final thoughts and take-aways.
1:27:42 – How to stay on THE PATH.
1:58:40 – Closing gratitude.
My eyes lit up when I saw About Face a link to this podcast. I was an SF operator in the South African military, involved in the Angolan conflict in the 80’s and 90’s. I devoured this book (About face) when it came out , and read all his later books. I even have a copy of his Vietnam Primer. I 100% echo the sentiments in this podcast. I can take it a step further, following Col Hackworth’s approach as a critical thinker, I was able to step out of the ideology we had been indoctrinated with as soldiers for the Apartheid regime. If someone of Col Hackworth ‘s experience could be this reflective of his own leaders and institutions, then so should I.
I completely changed tack in my career and am now involved in software engineering and technology, but the leadership principles in this book still apply. I will be listening to podcast #2 next and then the podcasts.
I understand why Col Hackworth is not followed by the conventional thinkers because of his challenges to the status quo, Im am really glad that you are highlighting his thinking.
When “About Face” audible version narrated by Jocko comes out, I will be first in line!