Book · recommended on 5 episodes
Extreme Ownership
Jocko Willink ISBN 9781427264299
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Jocko Willink ISBN 9781427264299
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This book by Jocko Willink has come up 5 times across 4 different shows: Andrew Huberman, Joe Rogan, Lex Fridman, Tim Ferriss. 2 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Andrew Huberman, Joe Rogan, Lex Fridman, Tim Ferriss. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2021-07-05 and the most recent from 2025-09-24. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
Jocko Willink and Leif Babin served together in SEAL Task Unit Bruiser, the most highly decorated Special Operations unit from the war in Iraq. Through difficult months of sustained combat, Jocko, Leif and their SEAL brothers learned that leadership -- at every level -- is the most important thing on the battlefield. They started Echelon Front to teach these same leadership principles to companies across industries throughout the business world that want to build their own high-performance, winning teams.
“He yells at me. You can just get I'm like extreme ownership still highly highly highly recommend to everyone.”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is David Senra: Host of the Founders podcast, who reads and breaks down biographies of history's greatest entrepreneurs; launching a new interview show on Patrick O'Shaughnessy's Colossus network. David Senra explains how studying 400+ entrepreneur biographies revealed the patterns, archetypes, and obsessions that separate extreme winners.
“he is jao is uh he's amazing dude he's uh former Navy SEAL and he writes books on leadership just brilliant guy has an excellent podcast”— Joe Rogan
The guest here is Felipe Esparza: Stand-up comedian, Last Comic Standing winner, and host of the 'What's Up Fool?' podcast. His Netflix special 'Raging Fool' is out now. Felipe Esparza and Joe Rogan trade comedy-club war stories and spiral through history's grossest, weirdest, and most disturbing rabbit holes.
“number one New York Times bestselling co-author of extreme ownership host of the toprated Joo podcast”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Jocko Willink and Sebastian Junger: Jocko Willink: retired US Navy SEAL officer, Silver and Bronze Star recipient, co-author of Extreme Ownership, host of the Jocko Podcast, and CEO of Echelon Front. Sebastian Junger: Peabody award-winning journalist, author of five New York Times bestsellers including The Perfect Storm and War, and documentarian behind Restrepo. Tim Ferriss revisits two favorite conversations: Jocko Willink on leadership and discipline, and Sebastian Junger on war, tribe, and PTSD.
“the first of which was published in 2015 and is entitled Extreme Ownership: How US Navy Seals Lead and Win.”— Andrew Huberman
The guest here is Jocko Willink: Retired Navy SEAL who commanded Task Unit Bruiser in Ramadi, Iraq. Bestselling author on leadership (Extreme Ownership), host of the Jocko Podcast, and founder of multiple businesses including Echelon Front and Origin USA. Navy SEAL leader Jocko Willink and Andrew Huberman map resilience, identity, energy, and detachment onto both combat experience and neuroscience.
“a retired u.s navy seal co-author of extreme ownership dichotomy of leadership discipline equals freedom and many other excellent books”— Lex Fridman
The guest here is Jocko Willink: Retired U.S. Navy SEAL who commanded SEAL Team 3's Task Unit Bruiser, the most decorated special operations unit of the Iraq War. Bestselling author of 'Extreme Ownership' and host of the Jocko Podcast. Jocko Willink unpacks war, leadership, discipline, and jiu-jitsu, applying combat-tested principles to ego, teams, and tech CEOs.
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