Leadership

I am listening to an audiobook called The Dichotomy of Leadership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin. The book’s examples are drawn from war and the corporate world, and its authors are highly-decorated veterans who served as SEALS in the US Navy.

The thesis of the book is that true leadership requires balance.

While the book’s concrete details do not involve children, I have thought more about parenting while reading this book than any other part of my life. The gist of the book is that leadership is simple but hard and requires constant adjustment. I find it hard to balance the rigor of discipline with the flexibility required of a good father. Particularly hard is the dichotomy of owning responsibility and empowering those I lead.

This is something to pray about.