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Def reset 2025. This is a public service announcement. You know what that is? Yeah, I was thinking of if you put the. You know, the emergency broadcast system that used to go when there was a rainstorm or something or in Hawaii, maybe you had a tsunami coming.
B
First of every month is a test, by the way. In Hawaii, on Kauai. Anyway.
A
Okay.
B
Yeah, you get the.
A
Yeah, yeah, sure. So I was thinking maybe lead this thing off with that. So if you decide to do that in post. Right, understood. But hey, here's what's going on. You know, we have the new year coming, and in the new year, we're gonna get stronger. When we get smarter, we're gonna get faster, we're healthier and we're get better. Listen, you ever. You work out solo at this time?
B
Yes, sir.
A
At what junction your life? Like when you were working with Squatty.
B
Squatty Lewis.
A
Lewis the Ledge. You were at Workout Partners, right? Yep, I had a. I had a workout partner for two straight platoons and same thing. Like, it was just so good to go.
B
Oh, yeah, so good to go.
A
So it's good to have someone that you're going to work out with and it's good to have someone if you're going to try and get better, someone to do it with. So that's what we're doing. We're doing this thing, it's called the deaf reset. Discipline equals freedom. Reset little protocol to get back on your life. And here's the thing, listen, you get. You get off track. You ever go in the open ocean?
B
Yeah.
A
On a boat?
B
Boat, sure. Yeah.
A
On a paddleboard.
B
Paddle board.
A
Have you ever been so far out there you can't see the land anymore?
B
No.
A
Okay. Okay. You can drift off course.
B
Yeah.
A
Right. And you have to wait till you get something. Unless you have gps. We eventually got gps. But you can drift off course. You don't want to drift off course, so you need to shoot a resection. Shoot some. Some terrain features so you know where you are. Otherwise you could drift off path. And so this is a little protocol that we do def reset to get us back on path. And it's a. It's kind of cool. It's a little team. We have a good team. We put together for it. So some of the things we're working on, we want to get smarter. So we have Echelon front. We do. We put together some leadership courses, classes to learn and think about. We have Train Hard, which is Jason Khalipa's company. And Jason. Jason Khalipa, he's kind of got a lot of things going on because he's, he won CrossFit games.
B
Yeah.
A
But he's also, he's a brown belch in jiu jitsu. He's doing the tactical games right now. Shooting, he's shooting bow and arrow. He's doing everything. So. But he, but one of his main focuses is working out. So he's put together a bunch of guided workouts. And then Jocko Fuel, we got that going on as well. So, like the three of us companies together. And by the way, it's just, it's just a free thing. Free guided workouts from Jason Kleepa. We got Ashley, Ashley Freeman from Jocko Fuel. She's giving out like nutritional guidance because she was. She's like a master of science in health and human physiology. And she works at Jocko Fuel, but she's, you know, advising how to eat clean and she, she's squared away. She's awesome. So that's what we got going on. And then like I said, echelon front. So we put all this stuff into an app. And the app, you'll have access to this, to these courses, to these classes and everything. And then you'll be able to track your daily discipline, which is sort of the. That's the crux.
B
Yeah.
A
So eight daily habits of discipline. And there's kind of nine. I have nine, and I want you to have nine. I want all of us to have nine. But we only. We have eight. I'll tell you about out of the gate and then I'll give you. Then I'll give you the ninth. So the eight are pretty straightforward. Up before the enemy. So you're gonna get up early. People say, how early do you have to get up? Get up early enough in the morning so that you can do some kind of physical activity in the morning. Now listen, if you're a person that lifts and that's your main jam and you like to lift, and it's your preferred life is to lift at night or in the afternoon. That doesn't mean you have to switch your workout program. But you need to get up early enough that you can do, you know, 20 minutes worth of stretching, or you can do 20 minutes worth of cardio, or you can do something, you know. See what I'm saying? So you're gonna get up early enough. If every day you get up at 7 o'clock in the morning and you're doing deaf reset, but you're a lifter and you lift every night after dinner, that's your Thing, that's when you feel strongest. You lift at 8 o'clock at night. You don't need to change that. You do need to get up, what, half an hour early so you can do 20 minutes of stretching, cardio, something, mobility, dexterity, something. So that's how. So you're gonna get up, get up early. You are going to. Then get after it. Whatever that physical thing you're gonna do, you're gonna do it. You're gonna do it every day. That's number two. So it's up early, get after it. Pt the third one is prioritize next to you. What does this mean? This means you're gonna write down what you're supposed to do in the day. So before you go to bed at night, you're gonna write down what you're supposed to do tomorrow and then you're gonna do those things. You're gonna check the boxes. I was a box checker. Yeah, it was a big time when I was in the zoom teams. I still, I still do it, but not as much. Yeah, man, I was a box checker. If I put a box in front of something, I was like an OCD to go and do it so I could check the box.
B
It's very helpful thing because it's kind of like, it's kind of like a version of gamification a little bit.
A
Fully? Yeah, fully. Wonder if you get dopamine from checking a box.
B
I feel dopamine by checking a box. Or want, you know, the whole box being in front of you and yeah, you check one, you want to freak. Oh, let me get that next one. Yeah, yeah, fully. It's very effective.
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So that's what we're gonna do. Write down what you're supposed to do. That's. That's number three. Prioritize next to you. Number four, hydrate or die. So we're drinking water. How much water? Look, different people have to drink different amounts of water. There's ways you can tell if you're drinking enough. But here's the thing, we tend not to drink enough water. That's just a tendency that humans have. So we're going to drink water, drink it before the meals, right? Drink it as needed throughout the day. There's some guidelines out there. Some. One guideline that was half your body weight in pounds, ounces of water. So if you weigh 200 pounds, you're going to drink 100 ounces of water a day. I saw some things that said that was low, but it also depends on your activity. So you're Going to figure out what hydrated means to you and you're going to do it.
B
Yeah, Makes sense.
A
And then the next two are pretty straightforward. Clean fuel. You're going to, you're going to get clean fuel. You know, you're going to eat this stuff that's on the perimeter of the, of the grocery store.
B
Y.
A
Right, the perimeter of the grocery store. Stuff that comes in its own package. Like an orange.
B
Yeah.
A
Its own natural, natural package or that has an ingredient list of one word.
B
Yeah.
A
Beef, chicken, fish, broccoli. Like that's what we're doing. And you might need some supplementation. We got you handled on the supplementation for clean fuel. And then of course, no, no sugar coated lies. So you're not gonna, for, for this time period, you're not going to poison your freaking body with junk for 30 days. You're not going to put any poison into your body. No donuts, no freaking pretzel wrapped hot dogs. No. Just good stuff. So now we get to number seven, which is back to the book. So you're gonna read, write every day. Gonna read and write every day. Very similar to going to the gym. You know, we. How much, how much progress do you see after one day in the gym?
B
Not much progress.
A
How about three days in the gym?
B
You got a little pump, I think.
A
But you're not seeing the visual progress that you dreamed of. Correct. It takes time. And it's the same thing with, with reading and writing. You want to get, you want to get smarter, you want to get more articulate. You're not going to see a difference overnight because you read for 20 minutes yesterday. But if you read for 20 minutes for 30 straight days, you're going to learn some words, you're going to learn. And if you're writing, you're going to learn how to articulate yourself better. You're gonna get smarter. So that's number seven. Number eight is you're gonna remember and that is you're gonna take some time. This is also a good thing to write about. Hey. What? You are gonna show gratitude and thanks for those that sacrificed so we can do what we get to do. And you're gonna be thankful that you're able to do what we get to do. So those are the eight habits. The ninth habit, you know what it is? You know what it is?
B
I probably won't be surprised, but yeah.
A
Yeah. The ninth habit, the bonus habit, the thing that I honestly, this is such a good thing. It really is. It is burpees and it's either 10 minutes of burpees or 100 burpees, whichever comes first.
B
Yeah.
A
So if you can only do whatever, 42 burpees in 10 minutes. Cool, you got them done. And if you, if you can do 100 burpees in 4 minutes and 38 seconds, you're done. That hurts, by the way.
B
Yes, sir.
A
That kind of. You push number. So you will. Here's a cool thing. This is the last time I did this death reset. I did 100 burpees for 30 days or 31 days or whatever. I. What I noticed was I really, truly got better at just shutting off my mind and just doing them.
B
Yeah.
A
Like by the end I was just, like, I wasn't even thinking about them. It didn't even matter to me. I was doing burpees. Like, it didn't. I might as well have been taking a drink of water. I was just. Okay, it's time to do the burpees. So you can learn to cope and push through and not even think about, turn your mind off. But I think it's a, a good protocol for life. And you will, you'll definitely get better. Here's the thing. Don't. One of the things about like a New Year's resolution, you hear, people will just start today. I say that. Wait. Start today. Why are you waiting till the new year? Let me give you a little hint. The burnt piece. Start now. Like, like get started. And that way you're ready for it when you start doing it. And here's the other thing. You know, when we in the military, we go on a mission. We don't just go on the mission. We, we come up with a plan for the mission. And that's what we're doing here. Planning and preparation. So planning and preparation. If you're listening to this right now, we got the deaf reset coming. Get the. Here's some things to think about. Start getting the junk food out of the house, right. Get rid of the donuts. Get rid of the chocolate chip cookies. Chips ahoy. Get them out. Remember James? Which James Nielsen?
B
Yeah. Nelson.
A
Jiu jitsu James. He would be, he would just come into training and. Dude, he's a savage. He was. He's a really good black belt. And he has a weirdest we I. He's got one of the weirdest games in jiu jitsu.
B
Yeah.
A
He would, he would prefer for you to be a cross side on top because that's where he had like some weird sweep from or some. You know what I mean? He's just one of those guys who has A weird game. But I remember he would come in and he would, he would be like, oh, yeah, moving a little. Slow day. Like, oh, why are you good? He's like, oh, I just ate a sleeve of Oreos. Like a whole sleeve of Oreos.
B
So that's real.
A
Yeah. So get those things out of your house.
B
I would advise not by eating them.
A
Yes. Not by eating them. You know, I had that thing where I had my freezer broke down in my house and so we moved the stuff and I had an rv and so I moved the stuff to the RV for a little while. The stuff that was frozen and then a cup, you know, fix the fridge, now everything's fine. But the. And we brought the food back down, but we left the freezer stuff up there. So the ice cream was in the RV. It's literally like 50ft out my back door. And I was like, oh, I want some ice cream. But you know, I'm not gonna go out there and get it. So that all I needed was just a little bit of resistance and I didn't get the ice cream.
B
Yeah.
A
So that's what we're doing. We're gonna get this stuff out of your house. So you're not gonna be. You won't even have it available. Just gonna make it so much better and easier. Get some books to read, right? Get a notebook or a planner so you can write down the things that you need to write down what you're gonna do tomorrow. We have that execute, execute, execute thing at echelon front, which is pretty awesome. That little planner which is, which is fired up. Get your workout gear ready, right? You know, get some dumbbells. The, the workouts that Jason puts together, they're very basic. You don't need a ton of equipment. But you know, get yourself, get yourself a dumbbell. Get yourself a sandbag or something. Hopefully get a pull up bar or some rings or something, right? Get some chalk. Do you chalk?
B
Yes. Love it. Dude.
A
I, I went through a little phase. I was in Germany and I just went through this phase where I was like, chalk is weak and I'm not going to use it anymore. It was terrible. Yeah, I hated it because I thought, I thought my grip, I thought my grip will be stronger if I don't use chalk because it's so much harder to hang on to things. It might be true, but it really did negatively impact, like the amount that you could do for the rest of your muscles.
B
Yeah, fully.
A
So, like my forearms would be smoked after a pull up workout, but like my back the next day I'd be like, it didn't really feel like I worked out as hard as I normally would.
B
Yeah, for you throwing the baby out with a bathwater.
A
Yeah, exactly. So then I. One of my. Actually the same workout partner that I just talked about that I had for like two. So two deployments. That's like, that's almost four years of working out together. You know what I mean? It's a long time. But I had, I was in Germany. I went to go see him because he was in Germany.
B
Yeah.
A
And we like did a workout and he. He broke out his chalk. I was like, I don't use that anymore. And I was like, it's weak. You're addicted to it. I was like talking all this smack to him. But get your chalk ready because I don't recommend it. I recommend you get chalk and I recommend if you work out a gym that. If you work out at a gym that doesn't allow you to have chalk, there's a problem. I don't like that gym also. I know it's a thing. I know there's a lot of gyms.
B
Like that, but there's another product that's in replacement. It's like. It's not chalk, but it does it. I forget what it's called. It's called like chalkless. I don't know or if.
A
Have you tried it?
B
No, but I hear good things. No, I like that whole chalk experience. So I recommend you.
A
I do too. So. So get your chalk ready, get your pull up bar mounted, get some workouts in so, you know, start doing some burpees so it's not attacked your. Your system. Get the app. Your brother made the app.
B
Yes, sir.
A
It's a good app. It's good, it's. It's fired up.
B
Yeah. There's a new feature too, by the way.
A
Yeah.
B
That I came up with. Or yeah, I guess I did. Can't come up with it. But I'm not gonna tell you about it.
A
Dude.
B
Wait, do you know about the feature?
A
Yes. Okay, but tell everyone else.
B
It's like the jocko announcement, like kind of. What do you go? I forget the word I used. But anyway, yeah, it's like you'll broadcast like a task.
A
The word.
B
Yeah, yeah, Put out the word. That's what it was. Yep, exactly. Putting. Putting out word where you got to just do something in the hopes that the whole reason was that, you know, a lot of us, like, bro, we're sitting down all day and we get caught up in our work, in our Work, you know, or whatever we have to do. That's a good thing. You know, you're focusing on what you need to focus on. But sometimes physically it can be a problem. Like if you're sitting around for too long. There's a whole thing I can go into about that. I'm not gonna. But it could. So it does help to stand up every once in a while, get the blood moving, stretch, do some jumping jacks, some burpees, whatever, you know, just for a little bit, I don't know, five, ten minutes. That's it. Go back to work.
A
Oh, you don't even need 5, 10 minutes to be honest with you.
B
Yeah, yeah.
A
Did I tell you? Did I tell you got little dumbbells for my office?
B
No, no, no.
A
Yeah, it's got. I just got a, I got a set of 25 pound dumbbells and I'm just like, I'll be in my office and I'll just like do curls.
B
Yeah.
A
Or I'll do. You know what's really good to do is thrusters. Just do like five thrusters, ten thrusters. Yeah, that's so good. Yes, it is so good. And yes. So you. Some. There'll be. There might be some tasks.
B
Yeah.
A
Coming out.
B
So. Yeah. If you can do it like live. Where. If you sign up for this feature, if you activate this feature, like, you'll get word.
A
Yeah.
B
Directly from Jocko. Hey, this is what we're doing right now. You kind of got to do it and then you got to mark whether you did it, didn't do it, or ignored the order. So either way, you sign up if you recommend or if you sign up for this. This feature, activate this feature. I'm thinking it doesn't cost nothing, but if you activate it, you're. You're kind of in. Because if you're, you're like, oh, it comes up, oh, I can't do it. It'll say, oh, yeah, you ignored the order. Or you got to say, no, I didn't do it. Then you have to report. Are they gonna let these reports go back to you so you know who did and didn't do it?
A
Well, obviously I keep track of everything that happens.
B
But at the end of the day, it's just to help.
A
That's why, that's why the drones have been flying around the country checking things out. No, it's gonna be fun. So get the app. Where do you get the app? The def.thedefreset.com.
B
Yep.
A
Go there, you can get the app and then, you know, get ready. Get. Get ready to get in the game. You're gonna be. You're gonna get ready to support other people, get ready to be supported by other people, get ready to push each other, get ready to, you know, check in on each other, make sure that we're all in the game. We need it. We need help. Make sure we're staying on the path. That's what we're doing. So go to the deaf reset.com and register. It's gonna be fun. It's the last. Last year, I think we had, like, 70,000 people do it. Freaking awesome, man. Awesome to see the changes that people made. People train in jiu jitsu, people getting stronger, people getting fast. Just everything good. So we're gonna get more than that this year. Get people on the path. We're going to execute on January 1st. There will be no prisoners. There will be no mercy. There will only be discipline. Unmitigated, daily discipline in all things. We are going to recalibrate, refuel, re, engage, reset, Deaf reset. Stand by to get some. January 1st, go time. We'll see you there. Everybody out.
Jocko Podcast Episode Summary: "How To Reset For This Coming Year. DEF Reset PSA"
Release Date: December 23, 2024
Host: Jocko Willink
Guest: Echo Charles
Podcast Description: Retired Navy SEAL, Jocko Willink, and Director Echo Charles discuss discipline and leadership in business, war, relationships, and everyday life.
In this episode, Jocko Willink and Echo Charles unveil DEF Reset 2025, a comprehensive protocol designed to help individuals recalibrate their lives by instilling discipline and fostering personal growth. The conversation kicks off with a creative comparison to the emergency broadcast system, setting the tone for the structured approach they advocate.
A [00:00]: "DEF reset 2025. This is a public service announcement... you know, the emergency broadcast system that used to go when there was a rainstorm or something..."
Jocko emphasizes the significance of having a support system, drawing from his personal experiences in the Navy SEALs and his workout routines. Echo agrees, highlighting the motivational boost that comes from exercising with a partner.
A [00:19]: "We’re doing this thing, it’s called the DEF reset. Discipline equals freedom. Reset little protocol to get back on your life."
B [00:41]: "Yes, sir."
DEF Reset is a multifaceted program incorporating leadership courses, guided workouts, nutritional guidance, and an integrated app to track progress. Jocko introduces key collaborators such as Jason Khalipa from Train Hard, who provides free guided workouts, and Ashley Freeman from Jocko Fuel, who offers nutritional advice.
A [02:27]: "Jason Khalipa, he’s kind of got a lot of things going on because he won CrossFit games... but one of his main focuses is working out... we got that going on as well."
B [02:27]: "Yeah."
Jocko outlines the Nine Daily Habits of Discipline, each aimed at enhancing different aspects of life. He provides detailed explanations for the first eight habits, reserving the ninth as a bonus challenge.
Get Up Early
Get After It
Prioritize Next to You
Hydrate or Die
Clean Fuel
No Sugar-Coated Lies
Back to the Book
Gratitude and Thankfulness
Bonus Habit: Burpees
Jocko shares his personal experience with incorporating burpees, illustrating how repetitive physical challenges can enhance mental resilience.
A [09:18]: "I really, truly got better at just shutting off my mind and just doing them."
B [09:31]: "Yes, sir."
Jocko and Echo discuss practical steps to integrate DEF Reset into daily life. They recommend removing unhealthy food from the household, preparing workout gear in advance, and utilizing the DEF Reset app for tracking and accountability.
A [10:57]: "Start getting the junk food out of the house... Get some books to read, get a notebook or a planner."
B [11:12]: "Yeah."
The DEF Reset app serves as a central hub for participants, offering access to courses, tracking daily habits, and facilitating community support. A new feature allows users to receive live task broadcasts from Jocko, promoting immediate action and accountability.
B [14:59]: "It's like you'll broadcast like a task... get up and do something."
A [15:18]: "Putting out word where you got to just do it."
Participants can mark tasks as completed, skipped, or ignored, fostering a sense of responsibility. Jocko underscores the importance of community support in maintaining discipline.
A [17:05]: "We are going to recalibrate, refuel, re-engage, reset, DEF reset."
Jocko and Echo conclude the episode with a powerful call to action, urging listeners to prepare for DEF Reset on January 1st. They reflect on past successes, citing participation numbers and positive transformations, and express confidence in achieving even greater impact this year.
A [17:06]: "We need help. Make sure we’re staying on the path."
A [17:17]: "It’s going to be fun... execute on January 1st. There will be no prisoners. There will be no mercy. There will only be discipline."
This episode of the Jocko Podcast provides a comprehensive roadmap for individuals seeking to enhance their discipline and reset their lives for the coming year. Through the DEF Reset protocol, Jocko and Echo offer actionable strategies, community support, and motivational insights to empower listeners to achieve their personal and professional goals. Whether you're looking to improve your fitness, sharpen your leadership skills, or cultivate better habits, DEF Reset 2025 presents a structured and supportive framework to guide your transformation.