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The Dichotomy of Leadership

By: Jocko Willink, Leif Babin
Narrated by: Jocko Willink, Leif Babin
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Sequel to the multi-million-selling Extreme Ownership

Over 150 weeks spent on bestseller lists

Creator of the #1 Business podcast-over 500K downloads per week

In The Dichotomy of Leadership, decorated former US Navy SEAL officers Jocko Willink and Leif Babin show you how to walk the fine line of being a true leader to accomplish missions in your personal and business life and achieve the goal of every team: VICTORY.

Using lessons learned from the authors' elite combat and training experiences, Willink and Babin reveal how the use of opposing principles - leading while following, focusing and detaching, being aggressive yet prudent - will heighten your awareness, deepen your understanding, improve your dexterity, and hone your ability to LEAD AND WIN.

'Leadership is simple, but not easy' - Jocko Willink & Leif Babin

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This book will change the way you lead for the better. It powerfully uses stories to highlight the key concepts.

Powerful and Impactful

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Jocko Willink is one hard motherfuvker. There's no disputing that. The comraderie and lessons learnt from war and military training can be paid forward into business and life in general. Packed full of strategies and tools to win in any situation. Keep your pen handy cause theirs a lot of gems in this book

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If you have listened/read to the first book - extreme ownership -, you will enjoy this book. It answers a lot of the questions I had, or problems I thought of while progressing through the first book. As too much ownership can be detrimental and probably end up doing the opposite effect the book initially claimed.

This book discusses accounts with individuals who have read the first book and acted upon its advice that has turned to the worst and Jocko/Leif giving assistance and guidance getting them back on track. It also has littered through the book more scenarios used within combat/training that discusses leadership from their previous experience within the Navy Seals. Overall its a great addition and I read the books one after each other.

I do feel however -Extreme ownership- is the stronger book out of the two. But more or less feels an expansion of extreme ownership than a standalone book... if that make sense. But that could be a good thing as it flows nicely on wards to continue telling the story/advice.

Basically continuing on from the first book.

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Loved it, easy to listen to and very easy to understand the principles and the applications of the principles.

Awesome book.

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I’m a massive fan of Jocko and Leif, every time I read one of there books or listen to a podcast I can just tell these guys have gone all in and given there all for the betterment of others. I’m using the principles on a daily and can’t thanks them enough for all that they do!!!!! I’m a better man for listening

These guys never disappoint

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