Extreme Ownership

Best ever book ever written on leadership in history. It has everything that you need to know about extreme leadership. One of the best self help books for future readers and leaders.

Great read. Great learning for life

In this book, Jocko Willink & Leif Babin share the lessons they learnt through their combined years of experience from being in the battlefield as a U.S. Navy Seal. Whether you’re a CEO, teacher, employee or a parent, the insights from this book will help you make better decisions and become an effective leaders to lead your team and dominate in your own respective domain. This book is organised into three parts: Part 1: Winning the War Within Part 2: The Laws of Combat Part 3: Sustaining Victory Part 1- ‘Winning the War Within’ develops the fundamental building blocks and mind-set necessary to lead and win. Part 2- ‘The Laws of Combat’ covers the four critical concepts that enable a team to perform at the highest level and dominate. Part 3- ’Sustaining Victory’ discusses the more nuanced and difficult balance that leaders must navigate in order to maintain the edge and keep the team perpetually operating at the highest level. Disclaimer - This book contains anecdotes by the authors, Jock & Leif from being in the battlefield as a U.S. Navy Seal, if you’re someone who finds war stories not as interesting then you might find the book to be a bit tedious.

Great lessons and points to learn for better growth, its really some of very insightful information and we should follow

The moment i saw the title of this book, i dropped what I was reading to pick this up. Ownership is my favourite value and the book didn't disappoint. The book shares several leadership principles by two navy SEALs who saved in Iraq. They share stories, then the principle and go into a live business case. The secret sauce: At the end of the day whatever natural talents you are born with, if you display extreme ownership, you can succeed as a leader

It is all about leadership skills and extreme ownership. Explained in detail each skill with real war stories and connecting to business application. To connect well with war stories, you can first watch movies like American sniper then read the book. Appendix Jocko podcast leadership Questions & Answers and must read!

Must have book, make your teen kids read it. Discipline and ownership…. Jocko Willink is awesome….. I stopped listening to music after reading this book….. I put on my AirPods and just listen to Jocko’s podcast… I am on episode 30 right now….long way to go but will listen to every episode. My 4 hour drive to work and back home are rightly utilized now. WAKE UP EARLY / BE HUMBLE / GET AFTER IT… Love you Jocko!!!

"War Memorial" with life lessons ! What I liked about the book ? 1. War stories 2. Simple principles in every chapter 3. Easy read 4. Blunt style of Jocko What i did not like ? 1. Too many military or technical terms (apart from those terms rest of the book is easy read) 2. Not exactly a self help book. It is especially made for people who like war tactics or war stories as every chapter starts with a story involving Jocko or Leif - 90% of the chapter is covered with war stories and 5% with lesson learned from that story and 5% with application of that lesson to business. 3. Book becomes boring after reading two three chapters. So I skipped all the stories and read just the "lesson" and its business application. :D Conclusion Not exactly a self help book. It provides less principles. You will again more by listening to Jocko podcast. I was expecting something exceptional but book turns out to be just "good" not great. Give it a try, you will learn something different but not much.

Libro di alta scuola. Bello da leggere, utile a migliorare

Lo vi de la platica en TED y de ahi lo compre, de los mejores libros sobre liderazgo

Note: Although this book is written by two former U.S. Navy seals, it is not a war memoir. Rather, it is a how-to-lead manifesto, which draws on the lessons from the authors' experiences in combat situations and shows their applicability in non-military scenarios. Review: The structure of this book, whereby each chapter is divided into three parts (battlefield scenario; principle; applicability) allows the authors to convey their ideas clearly and effectively. The message in each chapter is simple, yet crucial for any individual, team, or organisation that wishes to optimise their performance through a set of principles that are applicable to leadership at all levels - from the most senior down to the most junior. Not only is it well written, succinct and engaging, but more importantly, the lessons conveyed throughout the book are of tremendous value to anyone with open ears. Having come across one of the co-authors on TED and Youtube, I had already familiarised myself with some of the book's central tenets before buying it. I can attest that whenever I have implemented the concept of extreme ownership, I have seen dramatic improvements across the board - both in my personal and professional life. What I like: The authors do a superb job of coming across as relatable, managing to steer away from a "back in my day" tone, which would have been tempting for someone like me, had I seen and done as much they have. The tone is always humble, as they are open about their own failures in leadership, and how it was those failures that taught them the toughest lessons. At times, the book reads like advice from a caring brother, rather than an overbearing uncle, and that makes it eminently more readable and enjoyable for a wider readership. This point may seem redundant to anyone already familiar with the authors - both of whom always carry themselves with utmost humility despite their wealth of experience - but I thought it worth pointing out in case anyone new to them is wondering about the tone of the book. How it's helped me: Although the "application to business" section in each chapter would seem to indicate that the book is primarily pitched to the business world, I have found equal - if not superior - use of its principles in my own personal life. It has forced me to honestly confront many of my own entrenched attitudes, and to reasses failures I had previously blamed on other people as my own. As a former assistant manager at a school that closed down on my watch, I know all too well the potential consequences of poor leadership, and of failing to adopt and implement the principle of extreme ownership. This book has helped me shine a light on those mistakes, and encouraged me to work towards avoiding the shortsightedness and blame-shifting that led to those past failures. Conclusion: I wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone who is thinking of buying it - either for yourself or as a gift. I wish I'd read it ten years ago, as it would have saved me a lot of headaches. Its message is empowering, and serves as a tool for anyone ready to take ownership of his of her own shortcomings and demand higher standards of oneself. I would even go as far as saying that any organisation - be it governmental, sporting, entrepreneurial or otherwise - that implements the principles of this book would surely see marked improvements in all but the most exceptional cases. As a side note: I would like to say that this book has completely changed my view of the US military. Having grown up during the height of the disenchantment with the Iraq war, I became used to negative reports of misconduct by US troops in the media and accepted a general view of them as a self-appointed, shoot-from-the-hip Wild West cowboy force. Although it may not have been the authors' intended goal, this book has shown me how deeply wrong that view was. The professionalism, bravery and sacrifice (not to mention the painstaking commitment to minimising Iraqi army and civilian casualties, and to complying with ethical rules of engagement at risk of endangering their own lives) the troops displayed is second to none, and deserves far more coverage and recognition than the media has provided. This is not a comment on the Iraq war debate at large, but an honest assessment of the way the troops who risked their lives for their Iraqi brothers and sisters conducted themselves. I now know of situations where American troops led operations in which they threw themselves at enemy fire just to save the very Iraqi forces who had often desserted them and shot at their American brothers. Furthermore, though this commitment to the safety of Iraqis was carried out at the individual level, its implementation was institutional - saying as much of the individual troops as it does of the military as a whole. This, rather than the message that the authors wished to impart, was perhaps the most valuable lesson I drew from this book; and for that alone, I recommend it to anyone who may hold an unfair view of the US military, just as I once did. I hope this is one small step towards correcting for the disservice we have done these soldiers by failing to recognise the sacrifices they made to protect the people who now live under the constant terror of the black flag of ISIS. For all their efforts, and as a non-American, I wish to sincerely thank the authors. We are forever in your debt.

Jocko Willink and Leif Babin give in this book solid and easy to understand principles of leadership. Each chapter begin with a war story to illustrate the principle, a description of the principle and an application to the business world. Those principles even if they may seem simple are not easy to implement, they make sur we understand that.

Very good book! Interesting description about leadership in the battlefield and a good parallel applied with principles to professional business life!