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William McRaven on global terrorism operations around the world

January 14, 2015

Almost three years ago, William McRaven was an admiral in the U.S. Navy and Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command (“SOCOM”). He agreed to a conversation with Wolf Blitzer, host of “The Situation Room” on CNN. They discussed the ever expanding…

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The Special Significance of the McRaven Selection

July 30, 2014

In a previous blog post, I provided a brief commentary on Admiral William McRaven‘s commencement address at the University of Texas earlier this year, with a link to a video of that address. Head of the Joint U.S. Special Operations…

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Top Navy SEAL’s life advice: “Make your bed”

May 21, 2014

It was obvious to everyone in the audience when Adm. Bill McRaven spoke at the University of Texas’s commencement address this weekend: Adm. Bill McRaven is a bad-ass — and fount of good advice. Head of the Joint U.S. Special…

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A Counter-Intuitive Approach to Making Complex Decisions

May 17, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Maarten Bos and Amy Cuddy for the Harvard Business Review blog’s “The Conversation” series. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription…

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