Leif Babin: The Secrets of Leadership

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Jack Carr

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4.9 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2021

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Leif Babin is a retired U.S. Navy SEAL officer and a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy.

Along with being the New York Times bestselling co-author of the books Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win and The Dichotomy Of Leadership: Balancing The Challenges Of Extreme Ownership To Lead And Win, Leif co-founded the leadership-focused company Echelon Front with Jocko Willink, where he serves as the President and COO.

Following the Battle of Ramadi in 2006, he took over as officer in charge of the Junior Officer Training Course. He then served as the Operations Officer and Executive Officer at a SEAL Team.

During their conversation, Leif and Jack discuss leadership, their time in uniform, discipline, and a lot more.

Presented by SIG Sauer.

You can follow Leif on Instagram @realleifbabin.

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0:00.0	This is the Danger Close Podcast.
0:09.0	Beyond the Books with me, Jack Carr.
0:17.2	Welcome to the Danger Close Podcast, Iron Cloud original presented by Six Hour.
0:21.6	My guest today is my friend, Lave Babin.
0:24.9	So Lave spent 13 years in the United States Navy, nine of those in the SEAL teams.
0:29.6	The most informative years were spent at SEAL team three, particularly in the battle for
0:35.4	Ramadi.
0:36.4	He's written two books, Extreme Ownership and the dichotomy of leadership along with
0:40.4	Jocco Willink.
0:41.7	And you can find them both at Eschelon Front and you can find Lave at real Lave Babin on
0:47.5	Instagram and Lave Babin on LinkedIn and the other social channels.
0:51.5	So if you like the podcast, be sure and leave a five star review and rating.
0:57.0	And without further ado.
0:59.3	Lave Babin.
1:00.3	So what did you know you were going to the teams?
1:05.0	I know you wanted to go into the military early on, I think.
1:07.4	But was it, were your sights set on the SEAL teams from an early age?
1:10.6	Yeah, you know what, Jack, man, I always wanted to be some kind of a combat leader.
1:14.8	That's all I wanted to be.
1:16.1	And, you know, I've got a brother and three sisters and I was the only one of my siblings
1:22.8	to go in the military.
1:23.8	But I always knew I wanted to do that.
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