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Love Jocko, Really Disappointed In This Book
I was really excited about getting this book. I'm a big fan of Jocko and Extreme Ownership is probably in my top 10 books of all time. That said, this book really let me down. Every page of the book is a black and white photo with white text on top of it. This makes it very difficult to highlight or make notes about what you are reading.
There are 246 pages but very little written on each page. This actually reads like a compilation of motivational Instagram posts. There is probably an average of 5-8 sentences per page. You could easily read the book in a couple of hours. There wasn't much in the way of actual advice to develop this attitude and action of extreme discipline besides just do it.
The last chapter of Extreme Ownership is Discipline Equals Freedom and I feel like I got more out of that on the topic than this whole book.
I don't usually write reviews but I felt like my opinion was very different from all the 5-star reviews I see so I wanted to share a different perspective on this one.
February 2021 · Books · verified purchase