What We Are Reading Today: The Wisdom of the Bullfrog by William H. McRaven

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Updated 24 April 2023
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What We Are Reading Today: The Wisdom of the Bullfrog by William H. McRaven

“The Wisdom of the Bullfrog” is Admiral William H. McRaven’s clear-eyed treatise on the leadership qualities that separate the good from the truly great.

The book contains multiple stories of military history and personal experiences from Admiral McRaven’s distinguished career with the Navy Seals.

In his 37 years as a Navy Seal, he commanded at every level. 

As a four-star admiral, his final assignment was as commander of all US Special Operations Forces. 

He dealt with every conceivable leadership challenge.

“The book draws on these and countless other experiences from Admiral McRaven’s incredible life, including crisis situations, management debates, organizational transitions, and ethical dilemmas, to provide readers with the most important leadership lessons he has learned over the course of his forty years of service,” said a review on Goodreads.com.

“Overall, a well written and well organized leadership book with helpful and powerful insights, and while it comes across as light and surface level at times, it is still a generally insightful book,” it added.


What We Are Reading Today: ‘Doctors by Nature’ by Jaap De Roode

Updated 15 January 2026
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What We Are Reading Today: ‘Doctors by Nature’ by Jaap De Roode

Ages before the dawn of modern medicine, wild animals were harnessing the power of nature’s pharmacy to heal themselves. “Doctors by Nature” reveals what researchers are now learning about the medical wonders of the animal world. 

Drawing on illuminating interviews with leading scientists from around the globe as well as Jaap de Roode’s own pioneering research on monarch butterflies, he demonstrates how animals of all kinds—from ants to apes, from bees to bears, and from cats to caterpillars—use various forms of medicine to treat their own ailments and those of their relatives.