Books Mentioned in This Episode

Podcast: Huberman Lab

Episode: Jocko Willink: How to Become Resilient, Forge Your Identity & Lead Others | Huberman Lab Podcast 104

Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode, complete with an Amazon buy link and quotes from the episode.

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Extreme Ownership

by Jocko Willink, Leif Babin

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"This took the form of several important books, the first of which was published in 2015 and is entitled 'Extreme Ownership: How US Navy Seals Lead and Win.'"
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Way of the Warrior Kid

by Jocko Willink

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"I've read both 'Extreme Ownership' and 'The Way of the Warrior Kid,' and I found them to be immensely useful in terms of actionable information and understanding oneself and different kinds of relationships, both in and out of the workplace."
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On the Psychology of Military Incompetence

by Norman F Dixon

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"There's a compelling book called 'The Psychology of Military Incompetence' that I ended up discussing in about four podcasts."
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Mastery

by Robert Greene

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"Actually, the first time I heard about it was from Robert Greene, who wrote the book Mastery and some important writings; what was it? I think it was the— I forget how many laws of power, but those books, Robert Greene's Mastery is actually a book that I highly recommend people read because it talks about mentorship and finding mentors and the fact that we're supposed to break up and move on from mentors, and that mentors aren't always people that we know or that know us, etc. Amazing book, really."
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Leadership Strategy and Tactics

by Jocko Willink

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"JOCKO WILLINK: Yeah, I wrote a book called Leadership Strategy and Tactics. And one of the things that I wrote about in that book is understanding what's important and what's not."
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Dry

by Neal Shusterman, Jarrod Shusterman

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"I've read books by alcoholics, like the book 'Dry,' and others."