Opening Insights: The SEAL of Approval
Some of us have the opportunity to grow up, others have the opportunity to learn how a little later in life...
In a memorable address Naval William Admiral McRaven gives a commencement speech, for the University of Texas at Austin, Class of 2014. Admiral McRaven offers invaluable advice for changing the world from what he learned from his Vietnam Veteran trainers and his 36 years of experience as a Navy SEAL: What starts here can indeed change the world...
Informational Insights: If You Want To Change The World...
Possibilities for Consideration: Maturing the Next Gen
Does university prepare students to thrive and survive in the world like a Navy SEAL? Does university teach students how to live, how to fall, how to fail, how to overcome, how to win, how to learn?
- What if there was a way to gain the skills to be a mature participant and contributor to life, at any age?
- What if there is a way to reverse our learned behaviors and social conditioning to discover the freedom to be and live with ourselves and others?
- What if there is a way to grow up: ask for help when you need it, respect others, persevere through failures and, take charge of our lives and futures?
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I am convinced that most people do not grow up...We marry and dare to have children and call that growing up. I think what we do is mostly grow old. We carry accumulation of years in our bodies, and on our faces, but generally our real selves, the children inside, are innocent and shy as magnolias.
MAYA ANGELOU