Extreme Ownership
SEAL combat leadership principles applied to teams and business
The leader owns everything in their world, including failures they did not personally cause. Jocko Willink and Leif Babin build their leadership book around that, pairing a combat story with a business application in each chapter. The blunt central move is what people quote from it: stop looking for external causes.
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- Jocko WillinkRecommends
Retired Navy SEAL officer · Jocko Podcast
Leaders own every outcome in their world, including the ones they did not cause. His own leadership book builds on that principle.
Source: jocko.com: books - Lex FridmanDiscusses
AI researcher · Lex Fridman Podcast
Has covered the leadership principles with its author on the show, and he refers back to the ownership framing.
Source: Lex Fridman Podcast: episode with Jocko Willink
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