
Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
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"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.
- Listening Length9 hours and 33 minutes
- Audible release dateOctober 19, 2015
- LanguageEnglish
- ASINB015TM0RM4
- VersionUnabridged
- Program TypeAudiobook
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Product details
Listening Length | 9 hours and 33 minutes |
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Author | Jocko Willink, Leif Babin |
Narrator | Jocko Willink, Leif Babin |
Whispersync for Voice | Ready |
Audible.com Release Date | October 19, 2015 |
Publisher | Macmillan Audio |
Program Type | Audiobook |
Version | Unabridged |
Language | English |
ASIN | B015TM0RM4 |
Best Sellers Rank | #45 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #1 in Business Management (Audible Books & Originals) #1 in Special Forces Military History #2 in Leadership (Audible Books & Originals) |
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Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2023
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Warning: they make some big sweeping statements. Particularly, they state at one point when sharing a time someone asked them “what are the downsides to Extreme Ownership,” they emphatically state that there are no downsides.
Besides being an audacious and (likely) prideful statement, there actually are some downsides based on how I remember them defining it. They emphasize that everything is the responsibility of the leader. Someone messes up, but it’s your fault no excuses.
Perhaps it’s hyperbole but that’s the message that comes across when reality is more complicated. We as leaders can’t completely control our people and while we take ownership of the whole, its not necessarily our failure that someone failed at their job unless we ultimately fail to respond over time, especially when it becomes repetitive.
John Maxwell states this a little more realistically (paraphrased) “if you hire someone and they do poorly, that’s not necessarily on you. Now, if 6 months later they’re still doing the same thing and nothing’s been done, now that IS on you as a leader.”
That more moderate message didn’t come across from what I read, but do enjoy the book and just..temper the messaging a little.
But it had not been written yet. Well done!
I have bought this book for my nephew and my daughter and am confident that it will inspire them as they continue in their new careers.
During our reading the veterans group at my company brought in author Leif Babin to talk. A happy coincidence.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 1, 2023

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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.



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.
