3 Simple Things for Leading During Chaos with Thom Shea

Published: April 28, 2020, 9:35 a.m.

b"Thom Shea is the CEO of Adamantine Alliance, a unique leadership and human performance training organization. Before founding Adamantine Alliance, Thom served 23 years with distinguished Valor as a Navy SEAL. He is the author of the best seller Unbreakable: A Navy SEAL's Way of Life and co-hosts the Unbreakable podcast. In his newest book, Three Simple Things: Leading During Chaos, Thom shares his transition from the SEAL teams and lays out a detailed formula approach to setting up a six-hour, non-negotiable baseline of activity every day, which any person brave enough can apply to their life and business. \\n\\nCheck out Three Simple Things https://www.amazon.com/Three-Simple-Things-Leading-During/dp/1950892581/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8andqid=1586862500andsr=8-2 (here).\\n\\nLEADERSHIP INSIGHTS\\n\\n- There are five key areas where it is important to succeed: Health, Intellect, wealth, knowledge, spirituality.\\n- The \\u201cthree simple things\\u201d to focus on in each of these areas are offensive, defensive, and strategic.\\n- Health: O\\u2014Exercise every day (1 hr.), D\\u2014Stretch (20 min.), S\\u2014Control your diet (and, specifically, drink 10 glasses of water per day). TOTAL TIME: ~1.5 hrs.\\n- Intellect: O\\u2014Learn one new thing a day (10 min.), D\\u2014Get better at one thing a day (10 min.), S\\u2014Let your brain think strategically (10 min.). TOTAL TIME: 0.5 hrs.\\n- Wealth: O\\u2014Find new clients (1 hr.), D\\u2014Take care of existing clients (1 hr.), S\\u2014Project out the next five years (1 hr.). TOTAL TIME: 3 hrs.\\n- Relationships: O\\u2014Listen to your significant other (10 min.), D\\u2014Speak to your significant other (10 min.), S\\u2014Intimacy (10 min.). TOTAL TIME: 0.5 hrs.\\n- Spirituality: O\\u2014Get out of bed and move every muscle/joint (10 min.), D\\u2014Turn on your five senses (10 min.), S\\u2014Declare/pray/meditate (10 min.). TOTAL TIME: 0.5 hrs.\\n- Everybody has already mastered at least one area. The acquisition of the others is the goal.\\n- It\\u2019s generally much more comfortable for people to be defensive.\\n- The spiritual area has the greatest benefit (a factor of 13x), and the relationships area has the second greatest benefit (a factor of 7x). If you are going to spend an hour of the day growing, focusing on the spiritual and relational are the most beneficial.\\n- Leading in chaos is being able to identify one particular thing you can do right now that is immediate and effective.\\n- Great leaders are really good and making chaotic situations simple.\\n- Failure is the key path to success. Most people quit on themselves way too early.\\n- Right now, you have the ability to own the three simple things: offensive, defensive, and strategic.\\n- Acquire the six-hour day (three simple things in five areas) and make it non-negotiable.\\n\\nQUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION\\n\\n- What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? All leaders need mentors.\\n- Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: \\u201cA leader is\\u2026\\u201d Available, connected, and on-point.\\n- What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? Are my goals measurable, not only by myself but by other people?\\n- What book would you recommend to leaders? Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill\\n- If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Your health is equally important as your business.\\n- As a general life principle, is it better to ask \\u201cwhy?\\u201d or \\u201cwhy not?\\u201d Neither\\u2014\\u201cWhat?\\u201d is the most important question. \\u201cWhy?\\u201d denotes that there is a problem and an emotional reaction (which is not always effective to worry about). What pins down something that you and your people can do together.\\n\\nContact:\\nthom@adamantinealliance.com\\n\\nFind Thom on social media:"