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Extreme Ownership

By: Jocko Willink, Leif Babin
Narrated by: Jocko Willink, Leif Babin
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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.

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

Very Male! but Very good..

Inspiring even though when you hear it its so much common sense: implementation needs Extreme Ownership..

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Fantastic.

Fascinating examples, very well spoken by both authors with their own words. All based around 1, powerful, ultimate creed. A+.

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Fantastic!

A really well planned and executed book. You will gain an insight in to Seal operations, battles in Iraq,courageous stories and all with the point of teaching you to be a better leader, manager and person. Great work.

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Outstanding lessons with incredible back stories

This book has genuinely changed the way I approach a lot of my daily tasks. From the attitude I have when I open my eyes - to the approach to my work - and advice I give to others. I'm already looking forward to listening again. The battlefield stories and applications to business had me riveted to my seat, and the underlying principles just made absolute sense. I've already recommended this book to about a dozen people! Brilliant.

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Excellent listen, applicable examples, recommended

Excellent listen, applicable examples, highly recommended.

Extreme ownership can change the way you think and behave (in a good way)

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The Truth, everyone should read this.

Fascinating and both very useful. This book put it in the clearest possible way. Thank you to the authors.

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Very Interesting, Easy to Understand and Listen to

Heard about Jocko on the Joe Rogan Podcast. Then discovered the Jocko Podcast and This

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Great work motivator

Simplified terminology and full and comprehensive description about how and why become decisive at all aps

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True grit leadership guide

Practical, honest and experiential leadership guide. Has changed me for the better and forever. Thanks Jocko and Leif.

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A lot of repetitive military-speak

The narration can be a bit much to take, but you get used to it after a few chapters. The stories of combat exercises can sometimes feel like they run away to the point where you're wondering whether there's a lesson in all of it. The insights within are useful, but the application to business could have been more detailed and 'blueprint' like.

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