#177 - Dave Berke: "The Need to Lead" - Former Top Gun Instructor & F-35 Commander on Why Every Problem is a Leadership Problem ✈️

Dave Berke: "The Need to Lead" - Former Top Gun Instructor & F-35 Commander on Why Every Problem is a Leadership Problem ✈️Former Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel Dave Berke shares his journey from Top Gun instructor to F-35 squadron commander to combat veteran fighting alongside Navy SEALs in Ramadi. Now a leadership instructor at Echelon Front with Jocko Willink and Leif Babin, Dave reveals lessons from his new book "The Need to Lead" - the third in the Extreme Ownership series.What You'll Learn:• Why every problem is a leadership problem (and how that empowers you to solve it)• The difference between extreme ownership and preemptive ownership• Why "someone's gonna do it, it might as well be you" changes everything• How to lead when you're leading your equals and peers• Why good leadership must outlast the leader• The power of being a leader who listens firstKey Quote:"Someone's going to do it, it might as well be you. Every person needs to lead in order to succeed, no matter the environment." - Dave BerkeTimestamps:🛩️ 00:00 - The Star Wars moment that sparked a fighter pilot dream🛩️ 08:15 - Mom's powerful advice: "Someone's gonna do it, might as well be you"🛩️ 15:30 - Growing up in Marine Corps town: El Toro flight path childhood🛩️ 22:45 - First time behind the controls and the road to Top Gun🛩️ 28:20 - Only Marine to fly both F-22 Raptor and F-35B Lightning🛩️ 35:40 - Mom watching his first F-35B vertical landing - full circle moment🛩️ 42:15 - Becoming a Top Gun instructor: Leading your peers🛩️ 48:30 - Humble, credible, approachable: The ultimate teaching framework🛩️ 55:20 - Leaving the cockpit for combat on the ground in Ramadi🛩️ 62:45 - Fighting alongside Jocko and Leif's SEAL Team in 2006🛩️ 68:30 - The dichotomy: Coming home to San Diego after losing a Marine🛩️ 75:10 - Reconnecting with Jocko and Leif to join Echelon Front🛩️ 82:40 - Writing the third book in the Extreme Ownership series🛩️ 88:15 - Every problem is a leadership problem (and every solution is too)🛩️ 94:20 - Preemptive ownership: Solving problems before they happen🛩️ 101:30 - The leader as listener: Why talking less makes you more effective🛩️ 107:45 - Good leadership outlasts the leader - you don't pick when you leave🛩️ 114:20 - Everyone is a leader: Why title and rank don't matter🛩️ 120:15 - The brutal truth about writing: First drafts are humbling🛩️ 125:30 - Final lesson: Leadership is a skill anyone can learnBook: "The Need to Lead" by Dave Berke - Available October 2024Third book in the Extreme Ownership series following "Extreme Ownership" and "The Dichotomy of Leadership"Connect with Dave Berke:• Instagram: @DavidRBerke• Company: Echelon Front (with Jocko Willink & Leif Babin)Subscribe for more episodes with elite performers who've overcome the odds.#DaveBerke #TheNeedToLead #ExtremeOwnership #EchelonFront #JockoWillink #TopGun #Leadership #Marines #F35 #BuiltNotBorn #JoeCiccarone #LeifBabin© Joe Ciccarone - Built Not Born Podcast. All Rights Reserved.Views expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the views of the host.

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