The Psychology of Extreme Ownership

Mental Health is fuelled by blaming, denial, selfishness, grandiosity and ultimately fear. When we are in states of stress, the survival mind isn't exactly in the giving mindset. It uses basal thoughts, feelings and behaviours to allow us to survive. But when we realise these are just defence mechanisms that ultimately keep us stuck, afraid, stressed and emotionally or mentally ill, we can then use The psychology of Extreme Ownership of what has happened to us and who we have become to fuel the focus towards a brighter new future for ourselves.

Extreme Ownership is the antidote. It's a fundamental shift in perspective through personal growth:
Victim Mentality: "Look at this terrible thing that happened to me."
Extreme Ownership: "This happened. What am I going to do about it?"

This shift moves you from being a passenger in your life, tossed around by circumstances, to sitting firmly in the driver's seat.

Popularized by retired SEAL officers Jocko Willink and Leif Babin, Extreme Ownership is the simple, yet revolutionary, idea that you are responsible for everything in your world. Same goes for Freud, Jung and pretty much every other psychological process. We're not just the tasks you're assigned or the outcomes you directly control, but for all of it. Psychological practice is of course the same. Life itself is the same. Without projection, we end much suffering.