Jocko Willink · 2015
A guide to leadership arguing that leaders must assume ultimate accountability for every failure and success within their organization.
Tim Ferriss notes that Jocko Willink's tools can be applied in many different places and dojos, and that his ideas exemplify high-agency thinking and extreme ownership.
Leadership principles forged in combat apply universally to high-pressure security and organizational environments.
Chief security officers and operations managers trying to translate high-agency resilience from personal mentors into systematic team management.
Skip if you are looking for parenting-specific manuals rather than military-derived operational philosophies.
Summarized from what was said in 2 conversations; the quotes are below.
A speaker recommends a book written by someone else.
“And they're echoed by a lot of folks people would not necessarily associate with parenting, like Jocko Willink, Navy SEAL commander, extreme ownership.”
Why: Tools can be applied in many different places and dojos.
Tim Ferriss, Host on The Tim Ferriss Show#867: Dr. Becky Kennedy — Parenting Strategies for Raising Resilient Kids, Plus Word-for-Word Scripts for Repairing Relationships, Setting Boundaries, and More (Repost)
“And he wrote a book called Extreme Ownership. And I feel like your grandmother and what she instilled in you is, in a nutshell, exactly the type of high-agency thinking that Jocko talks about.”
Why: It exemplifies high-agency thinking and extreme ownership.
Tim Ferriss, Host on The Tim Ferriss Show#862: Cathy Lanier, Chief Security Officer of the NFL — From 9th-Grade Dropout to DC's Longest-Serving Police Chief, Protecting the Super Bowl, and Resilience Under Extreme Pressure
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The Tipping Point
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Blink
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Fair Play
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