315: Admiral William H. McRaven | That's So McRaven
The Jordan Harbinger Show
Jordan Harbinger
4.8 • 12.3K Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2020
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Admiral William H. McRaven (@billmcraven) masterminded and executed the mission that brought down Osama bin Laden and is the author of Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World.
What We Discuss with William H. McRaven:- What are the benefits to taking every day, as a Navy SEAL might say, "one evolution at a time?"
- What are the potential downfalls of having a 20-year plan?
- Why is taking advantage of opportunities more important than charting a course — and how can we spot them?
- What are you proving when you're willing to take professional risks — even when you don't succeed?
- What is the most important thing to understand about leadership?
- And much more...
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the show, I'm Jordan Harbinger. |
| 0:05.5 | As always, I'm here with my producer, Jason DeFilippo. |
| 0:08.4 | On the Jordan Harbinger show, we decode the stories, secrets and skills of the world's |
| 0:11.8 | most brilliant and interesting people and turn their wisdom into practical advice that |
| 0:15.9 | you can use to impact your own life and those around you. |
| 0:19.1 | We want to help you see the matrix when it comes to how these amazing people think and |
| 0:22.4 | behave and we want you to become a better thinker. |
| 0:25.1 | If you're new to the show, we've got episodes with spies and CEOs, athletes and authors, |
| 0:30.0 | thinkers and performers as well as toolboxes for skills like negotiation, public speaking, |
| 0:35.0 | body language, persuasion and more. |
| 0:36.9 | So if you're smart and you like to learn and improve, you'll be right at home here with |
| 0:40.6 | us. |
| 0:41.6 | Today we'll be talking with Admiral William McRaven. |
| 0:44.1 | This is one from the vault and recorded a few years back. |
| 0:46.7 | You might know him either from his 2014 commencement speech which has gone crazy viral online, |
| 0:51.8 | or as the man who helped plan and execute the mission to take out Osama Bin Laden. |
| 0:56.7 | Today we'll discuss the mindsets and type of intensity it takes to succeed in an organization |
| 1:01.0 | like the SEAL teams and the US Navy and other special operations forces. |
| 1:04.8 | We'll also learn what we can bring into our own lives and organizations and what keeps |
| 1:09.3 | someone who has seen it all up at night in a post-Bin Laden world. |
| 1:14.0 | This and a whole lot more on this episode of the Jordan Harbinger show. |
| 1:17.6 | This is great. |
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