Dan Crenshaw

Fortitude Dan Crenshaw

Jordan Petersons Twelve Rules for Life meets Jocko Willink and Leif Babins Extreme Ownership in this tough-love leadership book from a Navy SEAL and rising star in Republican politics. In 2012, on his third tour of duty in Afghanistan, a roadside bomb took Dan Crenshaws right eye. When he learned how to see again, he didnt want anyones pity. People shouldnt feel sorry for him, he decided, and they shouldnt feel sorry for themselves either. Most peoples everyday challenges arent as extreme as surviving combat or working to regain their sight, but thats just Crenshaws point: If we can meet lifes toughest challenges without resenting our luck or complaining, minor daily obstacles arent worth our outrage. “Microaggressions†and “triggers†from mere words mean little to someone whos had bullets fly by their head. Thats Crenshaws simple lesson in Fortitude: Lighten up, toughen up, and get to work on whats important (hint: its not giving into a culture of outrage, playing the victim, and seeking an apology). Fortitude is a no-nonsense advice book for a society desperately in need of tough love. With meditations on perseverance, failure, and finding much-needed heroes, the book is the antidote for a prevailing “safety culture†of trigger warnings and safe spaces. Interspersed with lessons and advice is Crenshaws own story of how an average American kid from the Houston suburbs has faced all sorts of unexpected situations—from war zones to the halls of Congress—and managed to navigate them all with a few simple tricks: a sense of humor and an even greater sense that, no matter what anyone else around us says or does, we are in control of our own destiny.