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Staring Down the Wolf
Part of 6/20

As a leader being afraid of exposing your flaws leads to inauthentic leadership that starves trust. But admitting your mistakes and moving on fuels it.
McRaven was also a humble leader who was openly vulnerable and willing to learn from other SEALs; he happily accepted constructive input without letting his ego get in the way. That’s one of the reasons his team trusted him so much – he made them feel like he was among them not above them. In fact on that fateful day he had faced the waves on a boat beside his SEALs even though as commanding officer he didn’t have to.
Finally McRaven followed through on his commitment to learn from his bad decision and took actions so his mistake wouldn’t happen again. The result? The SEALs developed a class of new smaller boats that were better able to handle rough waves and risky operations. A bad start led to a better outcome – but this was only made possible through trustworthy leadership that admitted to mistakes and held fast to commitment to le