Jocko Willink, Leif Babin: Extreme Ownership (2017, St. Martin's Press)
English language
Published Nov. 7, 2017 by St. Martin's Press.
Jocko Willink and Leif Babin served together in SEAL Task Unit Bruiser, the most highly decorated Special Operations unit from the war in Iraq. Through difficult months of sustained combat, Jocko, Leif and their SEAL brothers learned that leadership -- at every level -- is the most important thing on the battlefield. They started Echelon Front to teach these same leadership principles to companies across industries throughout the business world that want to build their own high-performance, winning teams. This book explains the SEAL leadership concepts crucial to accomplishing the most difficult missions in combat and how to apply them to any group, team, or organization. It provides the reader with Jocko and Leif's formula for success: the mindset and guiding principles that enable SEAL combat units to achieve extraordinary results. It demonstrates how to apply these directly to business and life to likewise achieve victory.
Whew! Very cool. Very easy to agree with and relate to other parts of life. I listened to this and the authors' narration was really fantastic. Super cool.
Whew! Very cool. Very easy to agree with and relate to other parts of life. I listened to this and the authors' narration was really fantastic. Super cool.
Instructive and sometimes insightful glimpses from alien-yet-familiar military in a war situation.
Also: the army is probably producing more PowerPoints than your organization does.
I read this because I was making fun of a friend for reading it. Really fascinating to read a book by someone who thinks so differently from me in so many ways. Provokes some thoughts about how the mentality of warfare and the metaphor of the warrior really shape how these people approach life. Some scattered thoughts:
- dominating and winning is a constant theme; do these things, be an extreme owner, and you will dominate. I would say that dominance is not one of my goals.
- through seizing responsibility for failure you also seize the power for changing that failure, is kind of the message.
- something something serenity to accept what I cannot change, courage to change what I can. This book tries to tell you that the second part is a lot bigger than what you think it is.
Finally, just seeing the cover of this โฆ
I read this because I was making fun of a friend for reading it. Really fascinating to read a book by someone who thinks so differently from me in so many ways. Provokes some thoughts about how the mentality of warfare and the metaphor of the warrior really shape how these people approach life. Some scattered thoughts:
- dominating and winning is a constant theme; do these things, be an extreme owner, and you will dominate. I would say that dominance is not one of my goals.
- through seizing responsibility for failure you also seize the power for changing that failure, is kind of the message.
- something something serenity to accept what I cannot change, courage to change what I can. This book tries to tell you that the second part is a lot bigger than what you think it is.
Finally, just seeing the cover of this book made me feel more empowered at work so if you're reading this just scroll back up and look at the cover a bit more.
