Published Date
September 28, 2018
Page Count
320 pages
Reading Time
6 hours
Listening Time
10.5 hours
📘 Why It's Worth Reading
Jocko Willink is a former US Navy Seal and the author of several best-selling books on leadership. In this book, he shares the importance of balancing the many facets of being a leader. It’s full of war stories containing real-life implications that shouldn’t be missed.
Notable Shoutouts
Pete Roberts
Co-Founder & CEO / Origin Maine USA
“Until this point in my life, I’ve never read a book that reveals the truths of leadership in such detail and rawness. The true value of this book cannot be quantified in words.”
Social Shoutouts
My Top 5 Books Right Now Are:
1.) Dichotomy of Leadership by Jocko Willink
2.) Born To Create by Theresa Dedmon
3.) Indistractible by Nir Eyal
4.) I Thought It Was Just Me by Brene Brown
5.) Tale Of Three Kings by Gene EdwardsThese 5 books will change your life,
— Jeremiah Krakowski (@JeremyKrak) October 24, 2020
Just finished The Dichotomy of Leadership and damn @jockowillink and @LeifBabin did it again. “It’s simple, not easy” Give it a read, you won’t regret it. pic.twitter.com/Dqe1bp4n0G
— ERICH NAGLE (@EERICHNAGLE) October 22, 2018
The dichotomy of leadership is, so far, a must read book for any human being. Thank you @LeifBabin and @jockowillink for sharing it with us. The world of leaders will be forever divided between those who read it and those who haven’t. First edish rules! 🙂
— Nadav Avidan (@NadavAvidan) October 4, 2018
Thank you @jockowillink and @LeifBabin just finished Extreme Ownership. Can’t wait to apply the principles learned to our baseball program. Also can’t wait to read Dichotomy of Leadership! #DisciplineEqualsFreedom
— Will Davis (@WillDavis44) April 9, 2020
5 Books Suggested by Coaches from The Coach’s Season
-Chop Wood, Carry Water @JoshuaMedcalf
-Grit @angeladuckw
-Mindset by Carol Dweck
-The Dichotomy of Leadership @jockowillink
-The Team Captain’s Leadership Manual @janssenleader
— Jason Fry (@CoachJFry) May 23, 2020
📖 Quotes from The Dichotomy of Leadership
“There is no growth in the comfort zone.”
Jocko Willink
“Accountability is an important tool that leaders must utilize. However, it should not be the primary tool. It must be balanced with other leadership tools, such as making sure people understand the why, empowering subordinates, and trusting they will do the right thing without direct oversight because they fully understand the importance of doing so.”
Jocko Willink
“As a leader, you have to balance the dichotomy, to be resolute where it matters but never inflexible and uncompromising on matters of little importance to the overall good of the team and the strategic mission.”
Jocko Willink
“If mistakes happen, effective leaders don’t place blame on others. They take ownership of the mistakes, determine what went wrong, develop solutions to correct those mistakes and prevent them from happening again as they move forward.”
Jocko Willink
⭐ Real Reviews on The Dichotomy of Leadership
positive review
Standby to Get Some!
If you want to find out how to lead and how to win, this book is your guide. I opened the first page and instantly was hit in the face with a little something called GET SOME. First, if you’re reading this and haven’t read Extreme Ownership go do that. Second, if you lead other leaders buy each of them a copy of both books too. Balance in leadership is the key to success. Too many leaders lack the ability to recognize those dichotomies but Jocko and Leif bring the theories to life by sharing tales of battle, and real-world scenarios in business. If you haven’t read Jocko’s “Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Training Manual,” go get it, but the real reason I bring that text up here is because one of his first thoughts explains Why he does what he does. The sacrifice of those heroes lost in battle, the sacrifice these men have made to bring us this book cannot be overstated.
Thank you for your service, for the sacrifice, and for helping me as a leader, as a man, and as a person.
Standby to get some because my team is winning the war every day thanks to these books.
critical review
It was solid.
It built off of the first one, but the first one felt more real than this one. The principles covered are great but the stories for business application felt forced.
🎥 Videos on The Dichotomy of Leadership
Dichotomy Of Leadership, by Jocko Willink and Leif BabinJocko Podcast |
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