![]() ![]() William McRaven: Most of the people I know learned these traits from a parent, a guardian, a coach, a teacher, a mentor. Jeanne Wolf: How do you we start sending out the message at a very young age that there is a sort of code - a standard you should have for yourself?Īdm. McRaven believes that real super-men and -women are all around us, and they can be our living teachers. McRaven admits he dreamed of being larger than life, but he laughs at pictures of him as a boy with a towel draped on his shoulders trying to be Superman exist they will never be published, he says. Courage, humility, integrity, hope, duty, and even humor are learnable, he says. In his new book, The Hero Code, he shows us the qualities it takes to be an everyday hero and how to develop them. A 37-year Navy SEAL, he is now retired from the Navy, and he insists that we can create the heroes we need. ![]() ![]() Admiral William McRaven is credited with organizing the special ops raid that led to the killing of Osama Bin Laden and also wrote the book Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations. Where are our heroes? In times of stress and despair, we long for real-life leaders - without capes and superpowers - to help us keep going. ![]()
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