Management
1.What concept/idea in the assigned readings do you find most intriguing or useful? Why? How might you or others apply it? See the attached article
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2. Is an organization’s strategy best described and communicated in words, numbers, or images?
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L1fe Lessons From Navy SEAL Tra1n1ng
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William H. McRaven, ninth commander of US. Special Operations Command, at the University of Texas at Austin on May 17. Basic SEAL training is six months c
long, torturous runs in the soft sand, midnight swims in the cold water off San Diego, obstacle courses, unending calisthenics, days without sleep and always
being cold, wet and miserable.
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The following is adapted from the commencement address by Adm. William H. McRaven, ninth commander of US. Special Operations Command, at the
University of Texas at Austin on May 17. A fuller version can be found online at WSJ.com-
The University of Texas slogan is ”What starts here changes the world-”
I have to admit, I kind of like it. If you will humor this old sailor forjust a moment, I have a few suggestions that may help you on your way to changing the world
for the better-
While these lessons were learned during my time in the military, I can assure you that it matters not whether you ever served a day in uniform. It matters not you
gender, your ethnic or religious background, your orientation, or your social status. Our struggles in this world are similar and the lessons to overcome those
struggles and to move forward ~ changing ourselves and the world around us ~ will apply equally to all.
I have been a Navy SEAL for 36 years. But it all began when I left UT for Basic SEAL training in Coronado, Calif. Basic SEAL training is six months of long,
torturous runs in the soft sand, midnight swims in the cold water off San Diego, obstacle courses, unending calisthenics, days without sleep and always being
cold, wet and miserable. It is six months of being constantly harassed by professionally trained warriors who seek to find the weak of mind and body and
eliminate them from ever becoming a Navy SEAL.
But the training also seeks to find those students who can lead in an environment of constant stress, chaos, failure and hardships. To me basic SEAL training
was a lifetime of challenges crammed into six months.
So here are lessons I learned from basic SEAL training that hopefully will be of value to you as you move forward in life.
