#136 - Leif Babin - The Hardest Lessons I Learned As A Navy SEAL

Leif Babin is a former Navy SEAL officer who led a platoon in Task Unit Bruiser during the Battle of Ramadi, co-author of Extreme Ownership, and co-founder of the leadership company Echelon Front.

Leif Babin believes the greatest excuse any of us give ourselves is that it is harder for us than it is for other people. In this conversation, we explore the two rejections before he ever became a Navy SEAL, what Hell Week is actually for, the friendly fire operation in Ramadi that Jocko Willink did not want to put in their book, the brave men who did not come home, and why taking ownership of everything in your life is humbling but liberating. Everything is your fault at the end, and that is where freedom begins. #leadership #extremeownership #personaldevelopment #selfimprovement #resilience #faith

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How to Connect with Leif Babin:
Website: https://echelonfront.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leifbabin/
Book (Extreme Ownership): https://www.amazon.com/Extreme-Ownership-U-S-Navy-SEALs/dp/1250183863
Extreme Ownership Academy: https://academy.echelonfront.com

Timestamps:
00:00 From 'Different' to Human
02:15 Rejected Twice by the SEAL Teams
09:18 The Greatest Excuse We Give Ourselves
11:16 What Hell Week Is Actually For
15:57 Reading History Like It Wasn't Guaranteed
19:56 Gettysburg and the Fog of War
24:59 First Operation in Ramadi
27:25 The Chapter Jocko Didn't Want to Write
34:00 'Bow to Your Sensei'
36:08 Leading by Asking Questions
39:03 Learning Extreme Ownership by Not Taking It
44:01 The Common Denominator Is You
46:24 August 2, 2006
49:38 Survivor's Guilt and Faith
51:18 Humbling but Liberating
55:33 Straying From and Returning to Faith
57:49 Refusing to Accept 'You Can't Anymore'
1:00:45 You Don't Have Time

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