The Code. the Evaluation. the Protocols: Striving to Become an Eminently Qualified Human
How can you best strive to become an Eminently Qualified Human? How will you hold yourself to the highest possible standard in life? How do you become a better father, mother, husband, wife, son, daughter, public servant, role model, and leader? The answer: through Unmitigated Daily Discipline in all things.
But The Path is difficult, even impossible, if you do not understand what standards to aspire to or how to hold yourself accountable during the journey. With The Code. The Evaluation. The Protocols. retired Navy SEAL and New York Times best-selling author, Jocko Willink provides readers with the essential handbook for grading performance across all of life’s responsibilities, including health, physical fitness, personal conduct, professional conduct, character, leadership, relationships, finance and emergency preparedness.
• CLEAR STRATEGIES to prepare you for your own personal journey toward becoming an Eminently Qualified Human
• STRAIGHT-FORWARD TACTICS to prepare your body, mind, and attitude for whatever life throws at you—whether it’s a desire for self-optimization or a need to deal with personal loss, financial hardship, or unexpected tragedies and disasters
• POWERFUL TOOLS to create honest self-evaluation across every behavior, every action, and every personal goal, both for the short term and the long term
• UNIVERSAL SOLUTIONS that can be applied to anyone, regardless of age, health, status, or gender
This is not about self-help life hacks. This is a book about standards. Standards you set for yourself. Standards you knowingly may never achieve but strive to reach regardless. The reality is, it’s impossible to measure up to the highest standards in life. No one can truly become an Eminently Qualified Human, but should you be satisfied with just “getting by?” Should underachieving be an option in life? If you fall short of your goals today should you give up on them tomorrow? No. You should grab ahold of The Code. The Evaluation. The Protocols and get on The Path of Unmitigated Daily Discipline in all things.
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Some good content, but atypically rough and unpolished
The 'Intelectual Fitness' misspelling under personal development is a surprising error, but reflects the rushed feel of this book which is atypical for Jocko's works (I've read all of the other ones). If this book were a BUDS inspection, the instructor would have had some words. It could have used a once over by an editor or spell checker. The tables showing different scores are excellent, but it needs more material on how to use them. The section on protocols is good and useful and will likely help the folks who need it.
Great work as usual
The work of Jocko and this team inspires me in so many ways. I especially like the evaluative tools, and the notion that you never fully master The Path. As a Marine Vet, a pastor, and student history, I’d be very interested hear a bit about the spiritual component of staying on the Path. I see the physical and mental aspects as being inseparably connected to the spiritual, but let’s confess there’s more to being human than body and mind. A man who charges a hill doesn’t do so from high intellect or cool reason. Though both make for a better warrior. Neither does the devotees of rigorous prayer and fasting hold the line from intellect and calloused knees alone. There’s more at play here. Spiritual Masters like Aquinas and Ignatius tell us to pay close attention to our emotions as well; not to let them take us off the path but rather to let them push us further down the road than cool rationality would have allowed. I suppose I’m doing something I don’t like. I’m critiquing them not for what they said (which is all excellent), but I want to hear them work out what’s been left unsaid.
Great program to quantify and excel in your daily life.
Have you ever wanted a scale to implement as you GET AFTER IT? This program will give you the necessary guidelines and resources to quantify your day to day in order to improve in all categories.
Rather disappointing...
While the points the book may make are likely well grounded in fact and experience to back them up, I must say I'm quite disappointed. Its large letters, sometimes with nothing more than a paragraph for a full page. They could have technically put this in smaller print and made a pocket version. So many grammatical errors and punctuation errors. I don't think it was ever reviewed before publication. With the above said, does have some great points to follow. Just understand that you're essentially reading a PowerPoint presentation in paperback form.
A welcome addition to the Jocko bibliography.
This book offers valuable guidance and encouragement, and is a good supplemental companion to Discipline Equals Freedom. Topics are expounded upon in a concise, tactical way. Many will resonate with the Protocols section, and the clear directives presented. I was disappointed only with the protocol 'Breakup'. It is assumed that the reader is one who has been wronged, and directed solely to that particular audience. There is no suggestion that the reader had played some part in the dissolution of the relationship, or directive to consider and amend their own actions which likely have, in whole or in part, necessitated the parting. Jocko Willink has been married for quite some time, and I for one would have liked to read more from his experience on reconciliation and overcoming challenges in relationships than on ceasing them. That said, I am sure there are some who will resonate with that section and be strengthened in their resolve to leave an unhealthy union, and for their sake I do not mind it's inclusion, just wish it was not so specific, and perhaps had a more restorative message. Overall, it is an empowering guide and reference to living with intention, direction, and discipline.
Manual for life
If you want to expose yourself to experience on how to live a good, proper, happy, healthy, confident, and successful life...…. here is the book for you, no bones about it. BUY IT, READ IT, LIVE IT. Not just once, may times or whenever you need it. You will not be sorry. NOTE: This should be read by all and especially to all YOUNG MINDS everywhere, (even in schools) so they can absorb it early and benefit from it to live truly great lives and make a better world for future generations.
Pocket edition please!
Great book. If you, like me, get annoyed by other self help books that spend way too long getting to the point then you will appreciate this book. My one wish/suggestion: we need a pocket sized version. I’d love to carry this with me as a reference or when I need a reminder to stay on The Path. Unfortunately, this book is roughly 10”x10”. It didn’t need to be. The font is so large that if they had shrunk it down to a normal size it could easily have been put into a pocket edition. It’s not long either, I read the entire thing in 30-40 minutes.
Everything you need is here. Nothing fancy, but the material is here
People are complaining about spelling mistakes and the rough, unpolished look of this book. Really? You guys are missing the whole point of this book. I think people who don't appreciate this book are typically searching out for the 'easy' answer.....you're going to have to work hard to get a 5 on these evaluations daily.... I bought this a few months back, skimmed through it and that was it. But now I'm at a point in my life where I need to take some SERIOUS action on living a disciplined life. I have been flailing along through life the last 10 years just going wherever life takes me, and that just isn't going to cut it anymore. I need the Evaluation Attributes that Jocko outlines here to keep me on track, daily. There is more to life then getting up in the morning, going to work, doing a few chores and then watching TV. Here's the evaluation attributes found on pg. 41: -physical fitness -sleep/rest -diet/nutrition -intellectual fitness -time management -financial management -personal goals -performance -advancement/qualifications -humility -emotional control -mentorship - charity -quality time with family, friends, co-workers -martial arts -weapons training -fire/safety/emergency -neighborhood community These are all the attributes in the evaluation, and you can read the criteria for each score 0-5. This book opened up my mind to what I'm capable of, and all the things I should be focusing on daily. Thanks Jocko
Inspiring self evaluation system for life
This book feels to me like a concise manual and a "workbook" (for lack of a better word) for life. If I had to describe it in one word: practical. The thing I like the most about it, is the system to evaluate yourself. I like it a lot, because it is very difficult to get the best grade and it illustrates clearly that there is always room to do better. In Jocko Podcast 226 with Dave Burke, they talk in detail about this idea. I would recommend this episode as a supplement to the book. There is a handy spreadsheet available at jockopublishing.com/downloads. But for it to make full sense you will need the description in this book. Kept it bookmarked in the kindle cloud reader and judged myself for a few days, which was humbling, positively eye opening and inspiring.
Succeed in leadership and life
Great book on simple life and work advice for succeeding in leadership and in life. Highly recommend this and all of Jocko's work. The Code is the best of what you can be, The Evaluation is daily grading yourself on how close you got to the best standards you can set for yourself, The Protocols is what to do when faced with some of the hard situations in life. The "what to do when you're facing the unknown" protocol was especially helpful in determining the possible decisions you can make, which are likely to have the best outcomes, and taking small steps toward them not big steps, so you can step flexible and maneuverable. You can achieve the biggest things imaginable one small step at a time: using iterative decision making.
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