Aug 7, 2026 · 1 hr 23 min · 12 segments
Vince Hockley shares his incredible journey from joining the military to facing life-threatening combat situations and the aftermath of his injuries after being shot in an ambush in Afghanistan. We…
Vince HockleyGuest
Charlie BellHost
Yeah, I mean, I suppose in the time I knew you, you demonstrated unbelievable discipline and it was almost as if you were seeking out to do hard things and challenge yourself.
Do you think it gives you a sense of purpose? I mean, we are more and more increasingly living in a world of convenience.
In your view, the approach of setting yourself hard challenges, which are not comfortable, what do you think that gives you?
I think I can only speak personally, really, but there is a lot for me around self-affirmation as well.
And I think it's where you have – it differs a lot from the military life because – Predominantly, the military life is it's all cookie cutter.
Like if you get a group of people around the same age from an infantry unit, they will have the exact same experiences.
Some obviously count as differences, but if you just looked kind of on paper, you're going to see almost the same person.
And I think having achieved – and I do call it an achievement, but the things I did post-injury and how I got myself back to how I did and then how I then pushed on past that and achieved other things – um especially in the time frame that i did it um was actually the first time where i was like this is actually
and i could because i was owning um what i was doing to to make the improvements to make the adjustments to get where i wanted to be i was doing a lot of that by myself i was very supportive and i'm grateful to the support i got but the day-to-day achieving of it was was a very much a solo task So was the affirmation.
So when, you know, when I was told, you know, you're probably not going to be able to weight bear again.
And then fast forward a year and I'm, you know, picking up 200 kilogram deadlifts.
weighing only 85 kilograms, then I'm like, that's because I did all those things leading up to this point and now I've achieved the thing.
But for me personally, it's also like, what can I do that I can say to myself, you've achieved another thing.
And I think as you get older, that some of those things come around less often.
So you have to go seeking yourself because you've achieved everything you need from an educational perspective.
Yeah, I mean, I suppose in the time I knew you, you demonstrated unbelievable discipline and it was almost as if you were seeking out to do hard things and challenge yourself.
Do you think it gives you a sense of purpose? I mean, we are more and more increasingly living in a world of convenience.
In your view, the approach of setting yourself hard challenges, which are not comfortable, what do you think that gives you?
I think I can only speak personally, really, but there is a lot for me around self-affirmation as well.
And I think it's where you have – it differs a lot from the military life because – Predominantly, the military life is it's all cookie cutter.
Like if you get a group of people around the same age from an infantry unit, they will have the exact same experiences.
Some obviously count as differences, but if you just looked kind of on paper, you're going to see almost the same person.
And I think having achieved – and I do call it an achievement, but the things I did post-injury and how I got myself back to how I did and then how I then pushed on past that and achieved other things – um especially in the time frame that i did it um was actually the first time where i was like this is actually
and i could because i was owning um what i was doing to to make the improvements to make the adjustments to get where i wanted to be i was doing a lot of that by myself i was very supportive and i'm grateful to the support i got but the day-to-day achieving of it was was a very much a solo task So was the affirmation.
So when, you know, when I was told, you know, you're probably not going to be able to weight bear again.
And then fast forward a year and I'm, you know, picking up 200 kilogram deadlifts.
weighing only 85 kilograms, then I'm like, that's because I did all those things leading up to this point and now I've achieved the thing.
But for me personally, it's also like, what can I do that I can say to myself, you've achieved another thing.
And I think as you get older, that some of those things come around less often.
So you have to go seeking yourself because you've achieved everything you need from an educational perspective.
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