books recommended by Jocko Willink

Jocko Willink is an American retired officer of the United States Navy, who served in the Navy SEAL teams. He is also a podcaster and author. His military service saw combat actions in the war in Iraq, where he eventually commanded the SEAL Team 3's Task Unit Bruiser that fought in the bloody battle

Jocko Willink is an American retired officer of the United States Navy, who served in the Navy SEAL teams. He is also a podcaster and author. His military service saw combat actions in the war in Iraq, where he eventually commanded the SEAL Team 3's Task Unit Bruiser that fought in the bloody battle

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books recommended by Jocko Willink

Man's Search for Meaning

Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl

Tools of Titans

Tools of Titans

Tim Ferriss

The Art of War

The Art of War

Sun Tzu

12 Rules for Life

12 Rules for Life

Jordan Peterson

The Book of Five Rings

The Book of Five Rings

Miyamoto Musashi

The Road

The Road

Cormac McCarthy

With the Old Breed

With the Old Breed

E. B. Sledge

Blood Meridian

Blood Meridian

Cormac Mccarthy

Musashi

Musashi

Eiji Yoshikawa

The Gulag Archipelago

The Gulag Archipelago

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

About Face

About Face

David H. Hackworth

Machete Season

Machete Season

Jean Hatzfeld

Panzram

Panzram

Thomas E. Gaddis

The Nightingale's Song

The Nightingale's Song

Robert Timberg

Into the Fire

Into the Fire

Dakota Meyer

Ordinary Men

Ordinary Men

Christopher R. Browning

True Believer

True Believer

Jack Carr

18 Platoon

18 Platoon

Sydney Jary

Bataan Death March

Bataan Death March

James Bollich

Across The Fence

Across The Fence

John Stryker Meyer

All Out War

All Out War

Sean Parnell

Battle Studies

Battle Studies

Ardant Du Picq

Beyond Band of Brothers

Beyond Band of Brothers

Dick Winters

Brave Men

Brave Men

Ernie Pyle

Brothers Forever

Brothers Forever

Tom Sileo & Tom Manion

By Honor Bound

By Honor Bound

Tom Norris

Colder Than Hell

Colder Than Hell

Joseph R. Owen

Company Commander

Company Commander

Charles B. MacDonald

Conversations with Major Dick Winters

Conversations with Major Dick Winters

Cole C. Kingseed

De Re Militari

De Re Militari

Flavio Vegecio Renato

Everyday Heroes

Everyday Heroes

Jody Mitic

Excursion to Hell

Excursion to Hell

Vincent Bramley

Fields of Fire

Fields of Fire

James Webb

Forgotten Highlander

Forgotten Highlander

Alistair Urquhart

Fortunate Son

Fortunate Son

Lewis B. Puller Jr.

Four Hours in My Lai

Four Hours in My Lai

Michael Bilton

Hal Moore on Leadership

Hal Moore on Leadership

Harold G. Moore

Hard-Core

Hard-Core

Harley Flanagan

He Was No Coward

He Was No Coward

Janet Booth

Heart for the Fight

Heart for the Fight

Brian Stann

Hell Yes, I'd Do It Again

Hell Yes, I'd Do It Again

T. Fred Harvey

Helmet for My Pillow

Helmet for My Pillow

Robert Leckie

Henry V

Henry V

William Shakespeare

How to be Strong, Healthy and Happy

How to be Strong, Healthy and Happy

Bob Hoffman

I Fought With Custer

I Fought With Custer

Charles Windolph

I Heard My Country Calling

I Heard My Country Calling

James Webb

I Remember The Last War

I Remember The Last War

Bob Hoffman

I Said No!

I Said No!

Kimberly King

I'm No Hero

I'm No Hero

Charlie Plumb

Instructions for His Generals

Instructions for His Generals

Frederick The Great

Man of War

Man of War

Sean Parnell

Maps of Meaning

Maps of Meaning

Jordan Peterson

Marine!

Marine!

Burke Davis

Maurice's Strategikon

Maurice's Strategikon

George T. Dennis

Men Against Fire

Men Against Fire

S.L. A. Marshall

Men at Arnhem

Men at Arnhem

Geoffrey Powell

Mind Games

Mind Games

Michael Powell

Mind Over Muscle

Mind Over Muscle

Jigoro Kano

Navy SEAL Dogs

Navy SEAL Dogs

Mike Ritland

Nothing to Envy

Nothing to Envy

Barbara Demick

Omaha Beach and Beyond

Omaha Beach and Beyond

John Slaughter

On Guerrilla Warfare

On Guerrilla Warfare

Mao Tsé-Tung

On The Ground

On The Ground

John Stryker Meyer

One Soldier's War In Chechnya

One Soldier's War In Chechnya

Arkady Babchenko

Outlaw Platoon

Outlaw Platoon

Sean Parnell

Platoon Leader

Platoon Leader

James R. McDonough

Psychology For The Fighting Man

Psychology For The Fighting Man

C.N.R.C.

Red Blood, Black Sand

Red Blood, Black Sand

Chuck Tatum

Reveries on the Art of War

Reveries on the Art of War

Maurice de Saxe

Serve to Lead

Serve to Lead

Winston Churchill

SOG Chronicles

SOG Chronicles

John Stryker Meyer

Stalingrad

Stalingrad

Joachim Wieder

Steel My Soldiers' Hearts

Steel My Soldiers' Hearts

David H. Hackworth & Eilhys England

Storm of Steel

Storm of Steel

Ernst Jünger

Team Dog

Team Dog

Mike Ritland & Gary Brozek

The Armed Forces Officer

The Armed Forces Officer

U.S. Department of Defense

The Clay Pigeons of St. Lô

The Clay Pigeons of St. Lô

Glover S. Johns Jr. & Joseph Balkoski

The Coldest War

The Coldest War

James Brady

The Eleventh Day

The Eleventh Day

Anthony Summers

The Glory of the Trenches

The Glory of the Trenches

Coningsby Dawson

The Hundred Rules of War

The Hundred Rules of War

Tsukahara Bokuden

The Killing Zone

The Killing Zone

Frederick Downs

The Knock at the Door

The Knock at the Door

Ryan Manion, Heather Kelly & Amy Looney

The Rape of Nanking

The Rape of Nanking

Iris Chang

The Recollections of Rifleman Harris

The Recollections of Rifleman Harris

Benjamin Harris

The Terminal List

The Terminal List

Jack Carr

The Trident

The Trident

Jason Redman

The Woman Who Could Not Forget

The Woman Who Could Not Forget

Ying-Ying Chang

Through the Valley

Through the Valley

William Reeder Jr.

Tough As They Come

Tough As They Come

Travis Mills

Trident K9 Warriors

Trident K9 Warriors

Mike Ritland

Unflinching

Unflinching

Jody Mitic

Unit 731 - Laboratory of the Devil

Unit 731 - Laboratory of the Devil

Yang Yan-Jun & Tam Yue-Him

Unit 731 Testimony

Unit 731 Testimony

Hal Gold

Valleys of Death

Valleys of Death

Bill Richardson

We Were Soldiers Once... and Young

We Were Soldiers Once... and Young

Harold G. Moore

Wooden Leg

Wooden Leg

Wooden Leg

Meat Is for Pussies

Meat Is for Pussies

John Joseph

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I would continuously search for new ideas. I read every book and magazine I could. Heck, 3 bucks for a magazine, 20 bucks for a book. One good idea that led to a customer or solution and it paid for itself many times over.

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