Extreme Ownership

How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win

De: Jocko Willink, Leif Babin

Narrado por: Jocko Willink, Leif Babin

"These guys are intense. And they bring that same fire to their narration in the audiobook. Listen to these insanely competent SEAL officers tell you exactly how to make a team successful through their firsthand experiences in business and combat." (The Hustle)

An updated edition of the blockbuster best-selling leadership audiobook that took America and the world by storm, two U.S. Navy SEAL officers who led the most highly decorated special operations unit of the Iraq War demonstrate how to apply powerful leadership principles from the battlefield to business and life.

Combat, the most intense and dynamic environment imaginable, teaches the toughest leadership lessons, with absolutely everything at stake. Jocko Willink and Leif Babin learned this reality first-hand on the most violent and dangerous battlefield in Iraq. As leaders of SEAL Team Three’s Task Unit Bruiser, their mission was one many thought impossible: help U.S. forces secure Ramadi, a violent, insurgent-held city deemed “all but lost.” In gripping, firsthand accounts of heroism, tragic loss, and hard-won victories, 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 to pass on their harsh lessons learned in combat to help forge the next generation of SEAL leaders. After leaving the SEAL Teams, they launched a company, Echelon Front, to teach those same leadership principles to leaders in businesses, companies, and organizations across the civilian sector. Since that time, they have trained countless leaders and worked with hundreds of companies in virtually every industry across the U.S. and internationally, teaching them how to develop their own high-performance teams and most effectively lead those teams to dominate their battlefields.

Since it’s release in October 2015, Extreme Ownership has revolutionized leadership development and set a new standard for literature on the subject. Required listening for many of the most successful organizations, it has become an integral part of the official leadership training programs for scores of business teams, military units, and first responders. Detailing the mindset and principles that enable SEAL units to accomplish the most difficult combat missions, Extreme Ownership demonstrates how to apply them to any team or organization, in any leadership environment. A compelling narrative with powerful instruction and direct application, Extreme Ownership challenges leaders everywhere to fulfill their ultimate purpose: lead and win.

©2015 Jocko Willink and Leif Babin (P)2015 Macmillan Audio

Sound issues?

The start of almost every sentence from Jocko sounded like the first half of the word was never recorded. I listened to this over Bluetooth headphones and double checked with the IPhone 6s speakers only.

I can’t think of a better way to describe the issue. A scratchy start of sound that is missing the first half of the first word in the start of every sentence that followed any significant pause. The parts read by Leif did not hanged this problem and were delivered like you might expect.

Still worth getting us

Exceptionally inspiring

What did you love best about Extreme Ownership?

This book is as authentic as it gets. Narrated by the authors, the listener gets a candid, well-structured and deeply analysed account on how the authors grew as leaders on the battlefield, and how their hard-earned leadership lessons apply to business situations.

What did you like best about this story?

The book's candour & authenticity matches Stephen Covey's work.

What does Jocko Willink and Leif Babin bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Listening to the book feels like sitting on the first row of one of their workshops, or being coached in private. The fact that the authors narrate their book themselves adds tremendous authenticity, value and listening pleasure.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

It makes you feel humble, but truly inspires at the same time. Some passages read like a thriller, other passages makes you chuckle.

Great Content - Learn from our heros

Any additional comments?

Amazing stories from these 2 heros. They do a masterful job at applying their qualities to the business world.

Thank you

Any additional comments?

The book and the authors were able to convey the military culture of owning your actions and their consequences with multiple ways of applying that to business. Thank you for your help and for your service!

intense training in this book

This book has intense stories that lead to a real understanding of the lessons to be learned. i got a lot out of this book and it is changing the way i look at me and my responsibility to always do my best. You will not be able to read this book without it changing you perspective.

Awesome!

This should be required reading for all managers, directors, and senior executives. You will be challenged, convicted, motivated and inspired to be a better leader.

BOO-YA!

If you could sum up Extreme Ownership in three words, what would they be?

Aggressive Leadership Self-help

What did you like best about this story?

Insights into the battle-field experiences from the horse's mouth(s). The fact that it was narrated by the authors was brilliant. It is so much more compelling and impactful coming from the guys that were actually there in person.

Which scene was your favorite?

It's difficult to pick one - and this is a good thing. I would say all of them. Each situation had it's own significance. I would have to pick the one where they had to break through a wall in order to evacuate a building that they were operating from. It was the ideal chaos situation with a good ending. Impactful story telling.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The reference to the training practice of running up a hill to the cemetery to gather around the graves of the Seals that died in battle to tell their stories - that brought a lot of emotion to the otherwise testosterone fulled story telling. It was something I could relate to in an otherwise rather alien situation.

Any additional comments?

Everything that the authors position makes sense and is extremely useful and applicable. I do feel that it is somewhat over-simplified for the business application at times. Nevertheless, it emphasises very relevant points.

A must-read for every leader

Through the lens of two Navy Seals, I learned more about leadership than I learned in college.

A great book for new or young managers.

Military based story telling that leads to business application. Anyone striving to get to a management level and recently promoted into one can learn and, more importantly, apply a lot of leadership techniques from this book. get the audible version. Jocko is the man.

A great read

The battlefield stories really grabbed my attention and the applications to business helped cement the lessons described.