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McRaven’s Ten Core Virtues   Admiral William H. McRaven is one of my very few living American heroes.   We’ve created Notes on three of his great books.    We started with Make Your Bed—a short, brilliant, inspiring manual all about “Little Things That Can Change Your Life... And Maybe the World” that was inspired by the commencement address he gave at the University of Texas at Austin that went viral.   Then we featured his autobiography, Sea Stories, which is all about the wisdom he gained from his nearly four decades in special operations.   So…   When I saw the title to his newest book, I KNEW I had to read it and I KNEW I’d love it.   The book?    It’s called The Hero Code.   It’s a super-quick reading, incredibly inspiring look at “Lessons Learned from Lives Well Lived” in which Admiral McRaven walks us through the lives of everyday heroes who showed up and gave us all they had. I highly recommend it. (Get a copy here.)   McRaven tells us: “I came to realize that there is a