‘Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win’ How the Laws of Combat Will Make You a Better Leader
Combat Strategies What are the laws of combat? Simplify, prioritize, execute, and decentralize command. Applied to an office setting, these combat strategies show you how simplifying plans and organizing priorities will improve your operational efficiency. The authors also explain that while there is a need for clearly designated leaders, junior leaders must be empowered to make their own decisions. Sustaining Victory To drive their point home, Willink
Any entrepreneur worth his salt knows that effective leadership is necessary for a business to achieve any kind of long-term success. But knowing that you need to be an effective leader and actually being one are two very separate things. No matter how long you’ve been in business, Jocko Willink and Leif Babin’s book, “Extreme Ownership,” will inspire and empower you to be a better leader. Willink and Babin use their experiences as former U.S. Navy SEALs to provide a backdrop for their approach. Their stories drop you right in the middle of the action, both on the battlefield and within the confines of corporate America, in order to teach you invaluable management lessons. The book is organized into three overarching ideas and designed to make it as easy as possible for you to apply extreme ownership in your own life. Winning the War Within Leaders are responsible for everything and everyone within their purview. Willink and Babin make the bold assertion that there are no bad teams, just bad leaders. They use examples from the battlefield and the boardroom to show that all failures can be traced back to poor leadership.
and Babin provide a plan for how to implement and sustain their concepts of extreme ownership. They highlight the importance of decisiveness and show you how to create planning checklists that enable your team to operate like one fluid unit. Their emphasis on forethought and organization ties in quite closely with my mission of being able to Do Business On Your Own Terms ® .
CHIPOTLE-ROASTED CARROT SALAD
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INGREDIENTS
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• 30 small carrots (2–3
• 2 tablespoons extra- virgin olive oil • 4 ounces watercress, stems trimmed • Plain Greek yogurt, for serving • Kosher salt and fresh ground pepper, to taste
bunches), tops removed and carrots scrubbed
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• 2 chipotle peppers in adobo, minced • 1 teaspoon adobo sauce from the chipotle can • 1 tablespoon molasses
DIRECTIONS
1. Heat oven to 350 F. In a rimmed baking sheet, toss carrots with chipotle peppers, molasses, and olive oil. Season with salt and pepper, and roast for 30–35 minutes. 2. Transfer carrots to a plate and let them cool completely. 3. Once cooled, toss carrots with adobo sauce. Lay across a platter, and top with watercress. 4. Serve alongside yogurt.
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