Conquering Crisis

Admiral William H. McRaven is one of my Heroes. I admire so much about him, his decades of service to protect our freedoms, his embodiment of the ideals I aspire to embody, and the clarity of his thinking and writing. This is the fifth Note I’ve created on one of his books, and Conquering Crisis might be the most practically valuable yet because it’s a clear playbook for leading when it matters most. McRaven walks us through the five phases of a crisis (assess, report, contain, shape, manage) and then gives us ten lessons to learn before we need them. Big Ideas we explore include the five phases and ten lessons, “I own this!” extreme ownership, entropy and decisive action, the dynamic balance of speed and preparation, and morale as a leadership superpower.