Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win

For leaders, the humility to admit and own mistakes and develop a plan to overcome them is essential to success. The best leaders are not driven by ego or personal agendas. They are simply focused on the mission and how best to accomplish it.

Cover and Move, Simple, Prioritize and Execute, and Decentralized Command.

Extreme Ownership. Leaders must own everything in their world. There is no one else to blame.

We learned that leadership requires belief in the mission and unyielding perseverance to achieve victory, particularly when doubters question whether victory is even possible.

As the U.S. Naval hero of the American Revolution and Father of the U.S. Navy, John Paul Jones, said: “Those who will not risk cannot win.”