Extreme Ownership: How US Navy SEALs Lead and Win

Invite readers to reflect on their broad takeaways and initial reactions to the book.

1. Extreme Ownership asks leaders to accept full responsibility, no matter the circumstance. Which example—whether from combat or corporate consulting—most challenged or reinforced your view of what responsibility looks like?

2. What did you think of the book’s balance of high-stakes combat storytelling and business examples?

3. Willink later wrote Leadership Strategy and Tactics. How do the two books compare? How has his perspective on leadership evolved?

Help readers relate the book’s lessons to their own life experiences.

1. Reflect on a time when you struggled to take full ownership of an outcome at work. What might you have done differently if you were applying the Extreme Ownership mindset?

2. Has there been a moment when you had to lead others toward a mission or project you weren’t fully convinced of at first? How did your own mindset affect your ability to lead?

3. In times of stress, how do you prioritize tasks? What motivates or stops you from executing?

4. The story of Ryan Job’s resilience speaks to perseverance in the face of life-changing hardship.