This chapter discusses the Walmart Black and Unlimited platform for Black-owned brands, shares details on The School of Greatness 10-year anniversary giveaway, and explores host Lewis House's approach to managing his own ego.
Retired Navy SEAL Commander Jocko Willink shares how he stays grounded by starting each day with humility, avoiding ego traps like overconfidence. He explains balanced leadership requires assessing situations openly without rigid absolutes. Willink describes the dichotomy of being aggressive yet avoiding recklessness, taking ownership while empowering teams' input. Willink notes even extreme ownership has limits when one oversees every detail. He advocates fluidity, adapting rather than forcing rigid plans. Willink models self-checking even mantras like "default aggression" to allow context and nuance. Overall, he stresses ego destroys progress by preventing the flexibility, hunger and openness needed for growth.
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