Extreme Ownership | Jocko Willink | TEDxUniversityofNevada
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Published 2017-02-02
War is hell, but war is also a brutal teacher. War teaches you about brotherhood, honor, humility, and leadership. In this riveting talk, Jocko Willink explains from personal experience how war teaches you the most when things go wrong. Jocko asserts that when a team takes ownership of its problems, the problems get solved.
JOCKO WILLINK is a decorated retired Navy SEAL officer, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling book Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win, host of the top-rated Jocko Podcast, and co-founder of Echelon Front, where he is a leadership instructor, speaker, and executive coach. Jocko spent 20 years in the U.S. Navy SEAL Teams, starting as an enlisted SEAL and rising through the ranks to become a SEAL officer. As commander of SEAL Team Three’s Task Unit Bruiser during the battle of Ramadi, he orchestrated SEAL operations that helped the “Ready First” Brigade of the US Army’s First Armored Division bring stability to the violent, war-torn city. Task Unit Bruiser became the most highly decorated Special Operations Unit of the Iraq War. Jocko returned from Iraq to serve as Officer-in-Charge of training for all West Coast SEAL Teams.
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All Comments (21)
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He didn't tell anyone he'd be giving a talk, he just found an auditorium and started talking.
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This isn’t a TED Talk. This is TED Orders.
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I was listening to this in my Prius and it transformed into a humvee.
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What makes Jocko different from many "motivational" speakers is that he talks about his failures, not successes. How many actually talk about their failures, never mind a failure that caused the death of someone? That's what makes Jocko so popular.
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My younger brother watched this, he's older than me now.
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This guy can slam a revolving door.
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Jocko should give this speech to the whole government.
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When Sleep goes to bed at night it makes sure to get at least 8 hours of Jocko Willink
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Imagine a girl takes you to see her parents and this is her dad......
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When god maxes out your stats
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When marine corps recruiters came to jockos high school, they sat down and had a brief conversation with him before the marine corps stood up, shook his hand, and enlisted for a 4 year tour of jocko
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TED now gives Jocko Talks
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Jocko Willink speaks in ALL CAPS
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Jocko let his barber know when he doesnt like the haircut
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When Jocko does push ups he doesn't go up. The Earth goes down.
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3 years ago, TED Talks introduced me to this man. Today, I'm proud to say that I consider this man as my mentor, and that I'm making an effort to apply Extreme Ownership in everything I do every single day.
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His microphone wasn’t even working, this is just his normal voice
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After this talk the audience were deployed to Afghanistan.
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He in one of his book said: "People ask me what kept you going? And I say, when I was serving, I knew there are determined enemies out there who want to kill me. So I practiced to be prepared. Then they ask, what keeps you going now? And I say I live my life in a way to honour my fallen brothers." It's been a couple years since then, I still remember this quote. I deeply respect you man
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"Take responsibility for your actions. And if you are in charge you ALWAYS take the responsibility for those under your command" Was something my CO instilled in me. And this mentality is deeply missing in this generation. How can you trust someone that does not stand up for his actions. Confessing mistakes hurt...alot. But disregarding or avoiding this painful tution makes you ultimately a miserable creature, never being able to better yourself.
