Books Mentioned On DOAC By Jocko Willink:

Angela Duckworth

It's been long discussed I think there's a book called Grit where they discuss what it takes in terms of character traits to get through these kinds of endurance tasks, and people often think it's those that have the biggest muscles or that do the most, I don't know, cardiovascular exercise, but fro

Jordan B. Peterson

This is—you know you're talking about Jordan Peterson—exposure therapy. I give you a little bit; I don't overwhelm you with it, because if I overwhelm you with it, you're going to be scared of it. I mean, if you lack confidence and I put you in charge of something that you can't handle, your confide

Jocko Willink

Yeah, when people ask me—I have a book I wrote called Leadership Strategy and Tactics—it's like, 'How do you get promoted?' Don't think about getting promoted. Focus on the team, focus on doing a good job, focus on supporting your teammates. If you do those things, you're going to get promoted.

Jocko Willink

'Discipline equals freedom'—it's the title of your book here. Now that seems like it's untrue because when people think of discipline they think of rigidity and taking away their freedom, having to be disciplined. Why does discipline equal freedom?

Jocko Willink, Leif Babin

If I was to try and sum up some of this idea about being a man or being a good human, it's like those books. I wrote a book called 'Extreme Ownership' that number one, take responsibility for what you're doing, take ownership of your world, take ownership of your life.

Jocko Willink, Leif Babin

There's number one, and number two—the second book, 'The Dichotomy of Leadership'—be balanced, don't be extreme.