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Three Simple Things: Leading During Chaos
Navy SEALs know how to manage chaos better than anyone on the planet - now you can, too! "This book will blow your mind. It is the secret sauce for success in the face of chaos!" - Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, author of On Killing , On Combat , and On Spiritual Combat Business is messy. Life is unpredictable. Leading well during turbulent times is more important than ever.
Retired Navy SEAL, Thom Shea, served with the U.S. Navy for 23 years withdistinguished valor. As a bestselling author and leadership consultant,he has trained thousands of people to overcome chaos by applying therule of Three Simple Things to their lives and businesses.
Thomdeveloped his leadership process during his military career where heserved in three wars, ultimately leading a team of SEALs intoAfghanistan in 2009. He earned a Silver Star, Bronze Star with Valor,Army Commendation with Valor, and his second Combat Action Medal. He was also hand-selected to serve as Officer In Charge of the famed SEALSniper course.
" Three Simple Things is a necessary guidebook to leading during chaos." - Eric Van Lustbader, New York Times bestselling author of The Bourne Legacy
In Three Simple Things , you will learn how to:
* Lead like a SEAL during any type of challenge
* Identify the powerful internal dialogue that makes or breaks your success
* Simplify complex problems into manageable solutions
* Understand how and why to lead a "non-negotiable" life
* Envision what life would be like if you never, ever quit
* Create peace and abundance in your health, business, and relationships
Navy SEALs know how to prevail over insurmountable odds. Now you can learn their secrets. Read Three Simple Things and discover how to triumph over obstacles and live a success-driven life.
Retired Navy SEAL, Thom Shea, served with the U.S. Navy for 23 years withdistinguished valor. As a bestselling author and leadership consultant,he has trained thousands of people to overcome chaos by applying therule of Three Simple Things to their lives and businesses.
Thomdeveloped his leadership process during his military career where heserved in three wars, ultimately leading a team of SEALs intoAfghanistan in 2009. He earned a Silver Star, Bronze Star with Valor,Army Commendation with Valor, and his second Combat Action Medal. He was also hand-selected to serve as Officer In Charge of the famed SEALSniper course.
" Three Simple Things is a necessary guidebook to leading during chaos." - Eric Van Lustbader, New York Times bestselling author of The Bourne Legacy
In Three Simple Things , you will learn how to:
* Lead like a SEAL during any type of challenge
* Identify the powerful internal dialogue that makes or breaks your success
* Simplify complex problems into manageable solutions
* Understand how and why to lead a "non-negotiable" life
* Envision what life would be like if you never, ever quit
* Create peace and abundance in your health, business, and relationships
Navy SEALs know how to prevail over insurmountable odds. Now you can learn their secrets. Read Three Simple Things and discover how to triumph over obstacles and live a success-driven life.
- GenresLeadership
224 pages, Hardcover
Published May 26, 2020
41 people are currently reading
103 people want to read
About the author
Thom Shea
4 books14 followersTHOM SHEA served 23 years with distinguished service as a Navy SEAL earning the Silver Star, Bronze Star for Valor and multiple Valor awards in combat. Thom led the SEAL Sniper Course and the Research and Develop Department until retirement. Upon retiring founded Unbreakable Leadership Training, a multi-million dollar leadership mentoring group, released the best seller Unbreakable: A Navy SEAL’s Way of Life and Three Simple Things: Leading During Chaos, and co-hosts Unbreakable podcast. Graduates include fortune 500 company leaders and endurance athletes committed to sustaining high performance not only in business but also in their health, relationships, and spiritual lives.
As a hobby Thom competes in ultra-marathon events and directs 24 hour leadership challenges.
As a hobby Thom competes in ultra-marathon events and directs 24 hour leadership challenges.
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May 5, 2020
“Success is simple, not easy.”
Thom Shea is a Retired Navy SEAL officer. In this book he intends to explain how to achieve success by following a Six-Hour baseline, doing three simple things, in day to day life. He explains these with the help of stories of his own and of his clients following his six-hour baseline program.
Key Takeaways:
Prerequisite for following Six-Hour baseline formulae is commitment. This is because
Without commitment nothing measurable is possible.
The ability to say something, then to go and do what you said you would do, will set you apart from the herd.
In order to honor your word, you must kill off all the excuses you’ve learned. Yes, excuses are all learned.
If you don’t do things in life correctly the first time, it always take twice as long and twice as hard to do it right the second time.
To honor your word and never give up:
• You must honor word for 21 days straight, without interruption.
• You must act in the face of fear by doing what you are afraid of doing. You must cast off what you thing about fear and face it.
• Walk for 24 hours, with rests of 10 minute in between and eating and drinking as much as one can.
Six-hours around three simple things needs to be devoted to five pyramids:
• Spiritual
• Relationship
• Intellectual
• Wealth Building
• Physical
Each of the pyramids will have distinct actions and words to reflect three simple things.
Pay yourself for doing three simple things. This will help in getting rid of the excuses that come in the way of everything we do in daily life.
Overall
This is a book that gives you not just inspirational stories of success, but also a blueprint one can follow to achieve success in his life.
Thom Shea is a Retired Navy SEAL officer. In this book he intends to explain how to achieve success by following a Six-Hour baseline, doing three simple things, in day to day life. He explains these with the help of stories of his own and of his clients following his six-hour baseline program.
Key Takeaways:
Prerequisite for following Six-Hour baseline formulae is commitment. This is because
Without commitment nothing measurable is possible.
The ability to say something, then to go and do what you said you would do, will set you apart from the herd.
In order to honor your word, you must kill off all the excuses you’ve learned. Yes, excuses are all learned.
If you don’t do things in life correctly the first time, it always take twice as long and twice as hard to do it right the second time.
To honor your word and never give up:
• You must honor word for 21 days straight, without interruption.
• You must act in the face of fear by doing what you are afraid of doing. You must cast off what you thing about fear and face it.
• Walk for 24 hours, with rests of 10 minute in between and eating and drinking as much as one can.
Six-hours around three simple things needs to be devoted to five pyramids:
• Spiritual
• Relationship
• Intellectual
• Wealth Building
• Physical
Each of the pyramids will have distinct actions and words to reflect three simple things.
Pay yourself for doing three simple things. This will help in getting rid of the excuses that come in the way of everything we do in daily life.
Overall
This is a book that gives you not just inspirational stories of success, but also a blueprint one can follow to achieve success in his life.
July 10, 2020
Thom Shea has written a relatable book for anyone that is leadership or is following a leader. Three simple things shows the breakdown of complex decision points within the 5 areas of life we all experience in some way. Many mentors have shown me the rule of threes in various ways. Whether it was three point speeches in colleges or three point sermons at church. Three simple things keeps us on track. Easy to understand but still difficult to apply if you are not willing to grow. This book breaks down the application that we all can achieve. Great book.
June 4, 2020
Shea's powerful memories and examples of client mentoring move together to provide a formula for success underwritten by his initial premise. The things which engender satisfaction are simple, but not easy. Success must be earned, and we do that by eliminating our excuses. There's much more to his methodology, of course; find out for yourself. 'Three Simple Things' is a must-read for anyone committed to self improvement.
June 19, 2020
I've been following Thom's work since 2017 and I have been long waiting for this book to come out. It's a five star read! The concept is simple and easy to adapt for each person. Thom presents very practical yet strategic thinking to maximize what you want out of your life, relationship, business, work, health...everything. His concepts are applicable universally and it all starts with you. Amazing read Thom, congratulations on another phenomenal book!
June 19, 2020
Three Simple Things is even better than Thom's first book, Unbreakable: A Navy SEAL's Way of Life. Within the first 2-3 chapters I learned how to completely shift my mindset; and it's showing up in several areas of my life. Thom Shea's stories are awesome, but how he makes them relatable for everyday people is the really good stuff. Definitely recommend.
June 22, 2020
Thom Shea's other book, Unbreakable, A Navy Seal's Way of Life was a game changer for me as an athlete. He builds on the lessons in his first book and digs into some detail on how to conduct one's life in order to have sustainable success in all areas. Highly recommend and should be on the nightstand of everyone that wants to step it up in this game called life!
July 12, 2020
This book is a gift to those brave enough to read it and put the advice into action.
May 11, 2021
This was interesting, Shea brings and talks about 5 pyramids (spiritual, relationship, physical, wealth and intellectual). Each pyramid has three non-negotiable items to be done on a daily basis. You accomplish you add money to the bank. Fail to complete you remove money. All of this starts with a 21 day evolution that if you fail to complete you start over until you achieve the full 21 days of success. The other item of interest is a 24 hour walking evolution. You're fighting the inner force of excuses to quit that your body and mind will play on you. This is from the SEAL training. Shea, brings in and talks about some of his clients he's worked with and how the program grows and individual in ALL phases of their lives.
November 7, 2024
Short, expensive, and just didn't feel worth the time and money to read. In terms of self-help and leadership, there are many better options out there. Really like the author though, and can see how his simple things could help certain people.
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