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Jocko Podcast 11: Jocko’s Retirement Speech, Leif Babin, Charlie Platoon, Task Unit Bruiser, Stories, Memories, Heroes, and Lessons Learned

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The Importance of Prioritizing the Stuff That Matters

I ran up the chain of command and said we can't do that. We're not going to take as many iraqis is appropriate But this is the minimum force we're going to have every operation that we go on And so we set that standard - it was a sensible Argument, it made sense. So when we really pushed back for the stuff that really mattered, which is what I was talking about you got to prioritize and execute Prioritize the stuff thatreally matters. Mm. Last question? My team has missed our last two deadlines. Why would your boss disagree with that? Mm. It's not gonna happen.

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