Jocko Willink and Leif Babin served together in SEAL Task Unit Bruiser, the most highly decorated Special Operations unit from the war in Iraq. Through difficult months of sustained combat, Jocko, Leif and their SEAL brothers learned that leadership -- at every level -- is the most important thing on the battlefield.

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Leadership : The single most important factor -- Part I : Winning the war within -- 1. Extreme ownership -- 2. No bad teams, only bad leaders -- 3. Believe -- 4. Check the ego ; Part II : Laws of combat -- 5. Cover and move -- 6. Simple -- 7. Prioritize and execute -- 8. Decentralized command -- Part III: Sustaining victory -- 9. Plan -- 10. Leading up and down the chain of command -- 11. Decisiveness amid uncertainty -- 12. Discipline equals freedom : The dichotomy of leadership.