The Hero Code
by Admiral William H. McRaven
Ten virtues McRaven observed in heroes across a career, courage, humility, sacrifice, integrity, compassion, perseverance, duty, hope, humor, forgiveness, each with a story and a short pledge. It is brief, earnest and old-fashioned in the best sense, a follow-up to Make Your Bed with more depth.
Read it if…
you want a short book on character from someone who watched it under fire.
Skip it if…
you want moral complexity; the book is clear and traditional.
Three things you will actually use
- Courage is a choice made daily in small things.
- Humility keeps you learning.
- Forgive; the weight is yours otherwise.
Do this first
Pick the virtue you least practice and do one deliberate act of it this week.
Our verdict
Brief, earnest and worth the hour.
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