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Jocko Podcast #343 · April 26, 2023 · 2h15m
343: The Wisdom of the Bullfrog, with Admiral William McRaven
Admiral William McRaven, who oversaw the bin Laden raid, discusses leadership lessons from 37 years in the Navy SEALs. His book The Wisdom of the Bullfrog distills these lessons into principles applicable to any leadership context.
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McRaven's famous make your bed philosophy: if you start the day by completing a simple task perfectly, you build momentum for harder tasks. Discipline in small things compounds into discipline in large things.
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The decision to launch the bin Laden raid was ultimately a decision about acceptable risk, not perfect information — you will never have enough data to be certain
McRaven describes the bin Laden raid decision process: intelligence confidence that bin Laden was in the compound ranged from 40% to 95% depending on who you asked. The decision to go was made despite uncertainty because the cost of inaction exceeded the cost of a failed raid.Was this useful?