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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
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Jocko Willink got me out here wanting to take extreme ownership, & I didn’t even do anything.
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Leadership principles are very similar across industries regardless of the profession. Leadership is more of a social experience, so it's always rich with situations, especially in military where you need to interact with team mates, direct reports , leaders on daily basis, this is why the book is full of so many important leadership lessons and situations.
The organization of the book is really nice , each chapter starts with background/story then follow with the principle and at last business application, this is a very organized book.
The principles and lessons here are great, really priceless.
But when it comes to reading books no one can memorize an entire book or even 50% , you usually remember the effect those books leaves in you, probably one idea or two, that said,
It will be hard to remember one or two main things only from the book, it's too much details , too much principles , too much situations, that maybe useful but one of the most important criteria of any book is idea cohesiveness, the principles in the book are overlapping but not cohesive.
The overwhelming words that echoed in my head after reading the book (because of the excessive usage through the book) are "Iraq, ramadi, solider, commander, battle, enemy, war" , you will need to go a little bit beyond those overwhelming words to benefit from the book.
The organization of the book is really nice , each chapter starts with background/story then follow with the principle and at last business application, this is a very organized book.
The principles and lessons here are great, really priceless.
But when it comes to reading books no one can memorize an entire book or even 50% , you usually remember the effect those books leaves in you, probably one idea or two, that said,
It will be hard to remember one or two main things only from the book, it's too much details , too much principles , too much situations, that maybe useful but one of the most important criteria of any book is idea cohesiveness, the principles in the book are overlapping but not cohesive.
The overwhelming words that echoed in my head after reading the book (because of the excessive usage through the book) are "Iraq, ramadi, solider, commander, battle, enemy, war" , you will need to go a little bit beyond those overwhelming words to benefit from the book.
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Admission of bias: I'm required to read this for work.
Summary: This was ridiculous.
Summary: This was ridiculous.
Slightly longer summary: There is good advice in this book, and there are aspects of leadership talked about I can see being useful. I can literally trace sections to things my leadership is trying to implement, and I can see things they are currently failing to implement. However, the book could have been about half the size if they dropped the ridiculous jingoistic oorah bullshit. Most of the anecdotes in the book belong in the script for a 2005 Call of Duty game.
Also, there are a number of possible rebuttals the authors leave unremarked upon. This is not unique to them; all self-help books of this ilk do this, but it feels worse to watch them present a perfectly sunny view of how to magically fix problems from the comfortable, lofty heights of an executive suite without there ever being failure or pushback.
Also, there are a number of possible rebuttals the authors leave unremarked upon. This is not unique to them; all self-help books of this ilk do this, but it feels worse to watch them present a perfectly sunny view of how to magically fix problems from the comfortable, lofty heights of an executive suite without there ever being failure or pushback.
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The combat stories are extreme examples of how ownership by leadership is necessary; but the helpful lessons can be translated to everyday work and life (maybe just toned down a tad).
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