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Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by [Jocko Willink, Leif Babin]

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The #1 New York Times bestseller

Sent to the most violent battlefield in Iraq, Jocko Willink and Leif Babin’s SEAL task unit faced a seemingly impossible mission: help U.S. forces secure Ramadi, a city deemed “all but lost.” In gripping firsthand accounts of heroism, tragic loss, and hard-won victories in SEAL Team Three’s Task Unit Bruiser, they learned that leadership—at every level—is the most important factor in whether a team succeeds or fails.Willink and Babin returned home from deployment and instituted SEAL leadership training that helped forge the next generation of SEAL leaders. After departing the SEAL Teams, they launched Echelon Front, a company that teaches these same leadership principles to businesses and organizations. From promising startups to Fortune 500 companies, Babin and Willink have helped scores of clients across a broad range of industries build their own high-performance teams and dominate their battlefields.

Now, detailing the mind-set and principles that enable SEAL units to accomplish the most difficult missions in combat, Extreme Ownership shows how to apply them to any team, family or organization. Each chapter focuses on a specific topic such as Cover and Move, Decentralized Command, and Leading Up the Chain, explaining what they are, why they are important, and how to implement them in any leadership environment.

A compelling narrative with powerful instruction and direct application, Extreme Ownership revolutionizes business management and challenges leaders everywhere to fulfill their ultimate purpose: lead and win.

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“This is the SEAL Leadership book we have been waiting for. Poignant, powerful, practical. A must read for every leader.” ―Roger Ailes, Chairman and CEO, Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network, and chairman, Fox Television Stations

“Leif and Jocko are the real deal. I’m honored to have served with them. They led SEALs in the fight through the hell that was the Battle of Ramadi. This book shows how they did it.” ―Marcus Luttrell, U.S. Navy SEAL and #1 national bestselling author of Lone Survivor

“The smartest, most revolutionary management approach since Jack Welch's Six Sigma.” ―Don Imus, radio host, Imus in the Morning

“Finally, a leadership book that actually demonstrates how to truly lead. Riveting, engaging, and free from the usual cliché platitudes, this book is strikingly impactful and will dramatically improve leaders of all types.” ―Amy Brandt Schumacher, entrepreneur, executive, and philanthropist

“Extreme Ownership provides huge value for leaders at all levels. An inspiring and page-turning read, the leadership lessons are easy to digest and implement. It provides a powerful SEAL framework for action to lead teams in high-stakes environments. This book made me a better leader and enabled my entire team step up our game!” ―Jared Hamilton, founder and CEO, DrivingSales

"One of the best books on leadership I've ever read and a tremendous war story book as well." ―Marc Andreessen

--This text refers to the hardcover edition.

About the Author

JOCKO WILLINK was a Navy SEAL for 20 years, rising through the ranks to become the commander of Task Unit Bruiser―the most decorated Special Operations Unit of the Iraq War. After retiring, Jocko continued on the disciplined path of success, co-founding Echelon Front, a multi-million dollar leadership and management consulting company, writing the #1 New York Times bestseller Extreme Ownership, the children's book Way of the Warrior Kid, and creating one of the top-ranking podcasts, JOCKO PODCAST.

LEIF BABIN served 9 years as a Navy SEAL. He was in combat in Iraq during the Battle of Ramadi, a conflict that resulted in numerous medals for his efforts. After his tours, Babin served as a Navy SEAL instructor before forming Echelon Front with Jocko Willink, a leadership training group that uses the lessons and expertise the pair learned as SEALs to train leaders beyond the military. He is the co-author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Extreme Ownership. Babin lives in New York. --This text refers to the hardcover edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00VE4Y0Z2
Publisher ‏ : ‎ St. Martin's Press (October 20, 2015)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 20, 2015
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Leif Babin is a former U.S. Navy SEAL officer, co-author of the #1 New York Times best seller Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win (revised edition published in 2017) and co-author of The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win. He is the co-founder of Echelon Front, where he serves as President and Chief Operating Officer, leadership instructor, speaker, and strategic advisor to companies and business leaders across the civilian sector. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Leif served thirteen years in the U.S. Navy, including nine years in the SEAL Teams. As a platoon commander in SEAL Team Three’s Task Unit Bruiser, he planned and led major combat operations in the Battle of Ramadi alongside the “Ready First” Brigade of the U.S. Army’s 1st Armored Division. Task Unit Bruiser became the most highly-decorated special operations unit of the Iraq War.
Leif returned from combat and became the primary leadership instructor for all officers graduating from the SEAL training pipeline. There, he reshaped leadership training to better prepare SEAL officers for the immense challenges of combat. During his last tour, Leif served as Operations Officer and Executive Officer at a SEAL Team where he again deployed to Iraq with a Special Operations Task Force.
Leif is the recipient of the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, and a Purple Heart. In 2011, Leif left active duty and co-founded Echelon Front, a premier leadership consulting company that helps others to train, build and lead their own high-performance winning teams. Clients include companies and organizations in a broad array of industries, from Fortune 500 companies to successful start-ups. Leif speaks on leadership, U.S. military strategy, and foreign policy matters. His editorials have been published in the Wall Street Journal and he has appeared frequently on a variety of national television news, radio programs, and podcasts.
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Cal Sand

Surprise, I didn't love it.

Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2018

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It seems I'm in the minority here but I didn't love this book. I love leadership and I love discipline and I was hoping to hear some unique thoughts about these subjects. I had heard a recent interview from the author and was very excited about this book.

I simply didn't find any of the principles on leadership or discipline to be anything more than common knowledge. If you read books on leadership before or on discipline or military books, there doesn't seem to be anything unique here, in my opinion.

If you love War Stories especially in a modern context, this is an excellent book. It's well-written and fun to read. I just didn't particularly find it helpful.

For leadership technique or principles of self discipline, I would not recommend this book. For stories of overcoming challenges in Modern Combat and conflict, I would recommend this book.

But ultimately, given my expectations, I was pretty disappointed. I'm also disappointed at the great reviews it's got because I feel like I'm taking crazy pills here!

* Edit: I went back and read some of the lower reviews and I concur with all of them. I'm glad at least a few people noticed that this book was heavy on bragging and light on principles. The 90% five star reviews are only right if you love War Stories and don't really care about leadership or self discipline.

917 people found this helpful

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University of Michigan '99

Amazed by the number of 5 star reviews

Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2018

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This is not a 5 star book. There is some good information here, and some great stories about Navy Seals....but leadership advice...not so much. Let me save you some money - Extreme Ownership is taking complete responsibility for everything that happens in your organization, regardless of the circumstances. Just about everything else in the book surrounds anecdotal stories to drive this point home. Cheers.

510 people found this helpful

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Cynthia

Not a very good book unless you like war stories.

Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2018

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This is not a good leadership book. First and foremost, not all decisions deliver immediate consequences as is clearly stated in this book.
A great leader has to learn how to work with all factions of people. We don't get a heavily vetted group of individuals to mold such as they do in the Seals.
I read leadership books to better myself. This is a book of very interesting war stories and that really is it.

254 people found this helpful

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Not leadership book

Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2018

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I believe the title is misleading. This book more about like military memoir.

125 people found this helpful

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R. Ulisse

Don't judge this book by its cover. It has far more to offer than you may think.

Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2016

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If you were to judge a book by its cover, you would think that "Extreme Ownership: How US Navy SEALs Lead And Win" is a book which would only be applicable to military veterans and historians. You would be wrong.

This isn't a self-help book from some "gurus", nor does it provide an ideology or set of steps for how to approach specific problems. Extreme Ownership is a mindset which applies to everything you do. Authors Jocko Willink and Leif Babin have crafted a guidebook for success in all ventures of life. They explain hard-learned principles of leadership, which they experienced first-hand as US Navy SEALs, specifically in and around their 2006 deployment to Ramadi, Iraq, one of the most dangerous places and times in the war. These principles can be applied to any relationships or walks of life; they are simple enough for anyone to understand, and broad enough to use in any situation.

The book is separated into 12 chapters, each which highlights a principle of leadership. Each chapter is then broken into 3 seconds. The first section is an anecdote providing an example of how US Navy SEALs use their military experience to demonstrate each principle. The second section is how & why the principle works. The third section is an example of how that principle transforms from the battlefield, into world of businesses of all types & sizes, as experienced by the authors and their customers. It is very easy to read and understand, despite the regular use of military jargon (which is either footnoted or explained so even non-military readers can comprehend).

Military recruits & officers, parents, corporate executives, students, low-level management, spouses, shop foremen, independent contractors, and sole proprietors will all benefit from the lessons of Extreme Ownership.

If you feel you're stuck in a rut, lacking self-discipline, or perhaps know someone who simply needs to improve their lot, this book is an excellent starting point.

I have personally read & completed this book, but I will never be done with the concept of "Extreme Ownership". Being able to take ownership and be accountable for the things around me has truly changed my life for the better.

530 people found this helpful

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samuel

The chapter for which the book is named is terrific and thought provoking however

Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2018

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Extreme Ownership does what many books do. It takes common sense principles and tries to bring them to life through narrative. The handoff between narrative and principle was not convincing and with the exception of the first pillar, the book was not exceptionally impactful. It's made more interesting with it's descriptions of battle but the quality of writing made it hard for me to read. Too many superlatives and oorahs. The chapter for which the book is named is terrific and thought provoking however. I would have preferred to read an essay on extreme ownership and read the rest as a wartime memoir.

119 people found this helpful

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Teresa KK

Will Make You a Better Person!

Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2017

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Most leadership books simply talk about how to lead those in your charge. This book reminds us to first lead ourselves, and own our actions. (This is more than leading by example.) Whether you are the Chairman of the Board or just graduating from high school, there is something in this book for you (male or female). The principles in this book will make you a better person.

131 people found this helpful

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SAFETYTHOMAS

Very entry level.

Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2019

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I was extremely disappointed with this book. I had heard a lot about it and was looking forward to the read and the lessons. What I found was entertaining navy seal stories sprinkled with some very entry level ideas on being a more successful leader. If you had any sort of leadership or management training in your career, this book may seem a little basic to you. The authors make a fatal flaw assuming their Navy seal leadership tactics will work the same way with less disciplined civilian world employees. Some of the concepts do translate. Others not so much.

60 people found this helpful

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Ron

I wish it was less military gibberish

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 5, 2018

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This book was such a letdown. The very introduction states it is not just another book with war stories trying to magnify their achievements but guess what, that's exactly what it is. Literally 75% or more of the book is these guys war stories. They do somehow try to drive their leadership point but there's so much "useless" content. Perhaps for a military man learning on leadership it is useful, but for the avg person not interested in any of these stuff it becomes boring really quickly.
This book could literally be 50 pages and make the same points clearly and concisely without all the theatrics like "I spoke on the radio to my commander that we had insurgents in the area, and he replied roger". Felt like a lot of content was made just for the sake of adding pages.
That being said, the principles itself on extreme ownership are solid and I did understand them and enjoyed them. Unfortunately I had to deal with all the military out of context stories to get there. Maybe I would've liked it if my expectations for this book had been different.

61 people found this helpful

Ankit Karan

HONEST REVIEW

Reviewed in India on March 10, 2019

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"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.

54 people found this helpful

Terrahurtz

Yawn

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 22, 2019

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Lots of praise for the US military and how wonderful they are. Every chapter is a war anecdote followed by a brief (and bleeding obvious) life/work lesson. The moral of the stories is 'everything can be your fault, but gain credibility with your men and superiors by taking responsibility even when it isn't demonstrably your fault' and 'make orders clear so everyone knows what they are doing (and it therefore becomes less likely that things become become your fault)'. Got bored and gave up around half way.

21 people found this helpful

Chris

So boring

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 18, 2021

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Jocko basically blowing his own trumpet throughout the whole of this book. Every boring chapter follows the same sequence, a war story about how Jocko saved the day. Shortly followed by a probable made up story of how he passes on the knowledge he learned in the seals, to the business world of civilian street. Having served in Iraq and Afghan myself, his stories of his amazing seals teams don’t wash with me. The American forces were an absolute nightmare to deal with in these war zones. They were nothing more than a bunch of trigger happy knuckleheads. There is no wonder that they took so many casualties and were involved in so many blue on blue engagements. So unprofessional, all the gear and absolutely no idea. Avoid this book if you don’t want to be bored to tears, really a hard read.

10 people found this helpful

Mike J.

Great points, but lots of fluff

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 14, 2019

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The book makes excellent points, but those points could be presented on a few pages. I suspect the busy people at whom this book is aimed would be better off to google 'extreme ownership,' read the high-level topic points, think about how to apply those points in their life, and then save the time and money of buying the book. On the other hand, if you enjoy reading about the 'behind the scenes' of the US military and you're not purely after business self-help, then you'll probably enjoy the book.

17 people found this helpful