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Extreme Ownership

By: Jocko Willink, Leif Babin
Narrated by: Jocko Willink, Leif Babin
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An updated edition of the blockbuster leadership book that took America and the world by storm.

In Extreme Ownership, Jocko Willink and Leif Babin share hard-hitting, Navy SEAL combat stories that translate into lessons for business and life.

Jocko and Leif served together in SEAL Task Unit Bruiser, the most highly decorated Special Operations unit from the war in Iraq. Through those difficult months of sustained combat, Jocko, Leif and their SEAL brothers learned that leadership - at every level - is the most important thing on the battlefield. Now they teach these same leadership principles to companies throughout the business world that want to build their own high-performance, winning teams.

Extreme Ownership explains the SEAL leadership concepts crucial to accomplishing the most difficult missions in combat and how to apply them to any group, team, or organization. It provides the reader with Jocko and Leif's formula for success: the mindset and guiding principles that enable SEAL combat units to achieve extraordinary results. It demonstrates how to apply these directly to business and life to likewise achieve victory.

Take Extreme Ownership. Lead and win.

©2018 Jocko Willink (P)2018 Macmillan Australia Audio Leadership Management & Leadership Business Inspiring Military Management

Editorial reviews

Once they arrived home after being stationed in Iraq, Navy Seals Jocko Willink and Leif Babin were determined to teach the exceptional leadership skills they learned in the field to those seeking battle-tested blueprints for success.

In Extreme Ownership, Willink and Babin team up to offer listeners key leadership skills that they can incorporate into both their personal and professional lives. Featuring plenty of ideas tested in real-world scenarios, this New York Times best seller is encouraging and engaging, emphasising the importance of initiative and imparting invaluable wisdom. And it’s even more compelling in audio—the gritty, drill sergeant-esque narration that the authors bring to this listen truly takes it to the next level.
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If your interested in gaining new leadership skills that are simple to understand this is the book for your.

The authors do a great job of simplifying complex leadership training and experience in a way anyone can understand and implement straight away

Great book,lots of skills and knowledge to use

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Well narrated by the authors, the book gives clear and structured leadership principles in a manner that can be practically applied

Interesting concepts

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I mean come on it's jocko and Leif what do you expect. 10/10 IGN Rated

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epic content and highly Engaging. well written story line mixed with relevant business and personal suggestions

Highly Engaging Read!

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Full of highly applicable principles that helped me improve as an individual and employee. These principles are timeless.

Awesome

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Very interesting and easy to listen to. Nice short chapters long enough for the train commute . Only issue was the chapter setup for the book didn't correlate to the audio which made it hard to track at times. I need to learn how to use bookmarks!

An easy listen....

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Jocko and Leif gave strategies around numerous areas to consider when leading people. They also provided many battlefield and business examples to support their principle of leadership. Would highly recommend!

Very Practical information for multifaceted life

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I gained a lot of valuable lessons from this book. Either though I am not a team leader etc - I liked the idea of leading the chain of command.

A must listen for leaders

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good book, looking forward to repeating and repeating.
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Found the book well structured with good examples, It is a book that helps you understand clear ways to communicate instructions within an organization and helped me personally deal with team and their accountably while also taken ownership myself.

Great Book

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