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From the acclaimed 1New York Timesbestselling author ofMake Your Beda short inspirational book of advice and leadership lessons that Admiral McRaven collected over his four decades as a Navy SEAL

The title Bullfrog is given to the Navy SEAL who has served the longest on active duty Admiral McRaven was honored to receive this honor in 2011 when he took charge of the United States Special Operations Command When McRaven retired in 2014 he had 37 years as a Navy SEAL under his belt leading men and women at every level of the special operations community In the ensuing four years he served as Chancellor to the entire University of Texas System with its 230000 students and 100000 faculty and health care workers

During those four decades Admiral McRaven dealt with every conceivable leadership challenge from commanding combat operationsincluding the capture of Saddam Hussein the rescue of Captain Phillips and the raid for Osama bin Laden

THE WISDOM OF THE BULLFROG draws on these and countless other experiences from Admiral McRavens incredible life including crisis situations management debates organizational transitions and ethical dilemmas to provide readers with the most important leadership lessons he has learned over the course of his forty years of serviceEach chapter provides aMake Your Bedlikeparable rich with insights like those featured in his bestselling memoir Sea Stories about the specific leadership traits required to be at the top of your gameincluding

• Who Dares Wins
• Run to the Sound of the Guns
• No Plan Survives First Contact with the Enemy

THE WISDOM OF THE BULLFROG is Admiral McRavens cleareyed treatise on the leadership qualities that separate the good from the truly great