EFR 423: Lead During Chaos Like a Navy SEAL and the 5 Pillars of Success with Thom Shea

<div class="css-1do1wuw" data-test-id="paragraph" data-key="434"> Today Chase speaks with Chief Special Warfare Operator Thomas Shea, who discusses his new book <span tabindex="0" role="button" data-key="577"><span class="css-1ksk0lo"><a class= "TextLink__TextLink___1biUr a11y__focus-outline--default___2hwb1 css-1t38bj9 TextLink__TextLink--primary___2Vc9F" href="https://amzn.to/3pJPcqc" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-test-id="cf-ui-text-link"><span class= "TabFocusTrap__TabFocusTrap___39Vty" tabindex="-1"><span data-key= "576"><em class="css-2jrno2" data-slate-mark="true">Three Simple Things: Leading During Chaos.</em></span></span></a></span></span> He draws a parallel between success as an author to success in the military—or, really, success in any endeavor. He refers to this common thread as the monotony of “doing a lot of stupid, simple things that nobody else is willing to do” each and every day "The road to success", he says, is “boring”; otherwise, it would not be so elusive to most.</div> <div class="css-1do1wuw" data-test-id="paragraph" data-key="434"> <p>Chase and Thom break the lessons of the book down to the five pillars of <em>health</em>, <em>wealth</em>, <em>relationships</em>, <em>learning</em>, <em>and spirituality</em>. A particular emphasis is put on the spiritual only because it is a rare thing to hear someone in the military discuss this often overlooked dimension of life. In fact, he notes that life begins and ends with the spiritual and refers to our very <em>being</em> as our vessel for making anything that we want to happen, happen.</p> <p>Thom also spends a considerable amount of time speaking on the paramount importance of <em>relationships</em> and how everything simply falls apart without them. Your physical health, your ability to learn, and your financial situation will suffer when your relationship with someone close to you such as your spouse is in dire straits. Thom mentions that he would even kick out members of his SEAL team if he found out that their spouse was cheating on th