Extreme Ownership
EXTREME OWNERSHIP
How U.S. Navy Seals Lead and Win
Summary and Notes
Found this book to be very boring. Sounds like these guys sound like they live the lives they preach but just a lot of things you’ve heard before. Like a football coach drilling you as a life coach. If you like hearing military stories than this might be more fun. The audio sounds like actors playing seals, both have such deep sounding voices. Almost sounds like they want to play the characters people expect. Anyway, let’s see if I can extract the 10 things I possibly learned.
- You get what you tolerate.
- If the boss or others don’t understand what you need them to. Then communication is the problem. Bring them infield so they can understand.
- No matter how talented an individual, if they can’t let go of their ego, they can’t lead a project.
- It’s always your fault. Always take the blame. That’s what leaders do. If it goes great, give everyone else credit. Thankless job.
- Keep things as simple as possible. Things get complex enough even when simple. They’re going to compound anyway, so when it gets inevitably complex, let it be the simplest kind of complex.
- Prioritize everything. Don’t move on until the most important thing is dealt with.
- Don’t ask what to do. Tell what you’re going to do.
- Don’t just tell people what to do. Tell them why.
- No bad teams. Just bad leaders. They switched team captains in a competition and the leadership change was night and day.
- Discipline brings freedom. Discipline is the best tool you can ever have and take it anywhere and use it anywhere.