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Robert O'Neill
Robert O’Neill is one of the most highly-decorated combat veterans of our time and the author of The New York Times best-selling memoir, The Operator: Firing the Shots That Killed Osama bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior. A former SEAL Team Six leader with the Naval Special Warfare Development Group, he deployed more than a dozen times and held combat leadership roles in more than 400 combat missions in four different theaters of war. A highly-trained Navy SEAL, he led the military’s most elite and was involved in our nation’s most important campaigns. With most of his career shrouded in a classified cloak, O’Neill was the man on the ground we have never heard of but know exists. He was one of the quiet professionals performing the most difficult tasks in the most difficult circumstances, serving his remarkable career in the shadows and keeping…
- Invaluable Lessons from a Navy Seal Leader
Highly decorated Navy SEAL Robert J. O'Neill has no plans to divulge classified information. No secrets will be shared. No code of silence broken. What he does promise to deliver through his speaking engagements are gripping stories, effective strategies and a highly motivational message your organization won't soon forget. Learn how the same lessons that helped him survive more than 400 combat missions across four theaters of war and the same attitude that helped him earn a spot on the Navy's most elite special missions unit can help all of us aim higher and stand stronger. Gain invaluable insight into how the military's "best of the best" plan for success when mission failure is not an option. From preparation, risk assessment and stress management, to leading rather than micromanaging and above all never quitting — Rob demonstrates how applying these military tenets can make us winning warriors in business and in life. - Operating in Stressful Environments
From SEAL training to actual combat, Rob shares how he and his team had to remain calm and take everything day by day, task by task, even in the most stressful of environments. He explains how continuing to do the difficult achieves long-term goals and how little victories add up to the mantra of “Never Quit.” Audiences will walk away with the understanding that bravery isn’t the absence of fear, it is the recognition and decision to push forward anyway. - Never Quit: The Story of a Life Built on Successful Missions
Rob O’Neill has served America as a SEAL, team leader, and senior chief petty officer at Naval Special Development Group in some of the most challenging, storied, clandestine military roles of our time. In his speech, O’Neill shares what he learned during his more than 400 combat missions across four theaters of war. Through his moving and emotional stories drawn from lessons learned during some of the country’s most headline-stealing conflicts, O’Neill shows his audience how the best of the military’s best approach strategic planning when mission failure is not an option. Audiences come to appreciate the people who are asked to do the hardest jobs – the warriors, husbands, and family men who they know exist but have never met, who are focused solely on making their missions successful. Join one of the legends of our nation’s military as he shares his views on the ingredients to a successful mission: the right people, preparedness, decision making under pressure, and, above all, a commitment to never quit.
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