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Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World

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Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World

If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed. If you make your bed every morning, you will have accomplished the first task of the day. It will give you a small sense of pride and it will encourage you to do another task and another and another. By the end of the day, that one task completed will have turned into many tasks completed. Making your bed will also reinforce the fact that little things in life matter. If you can’t do the little things right, you will never do the big things right.” 
-- From Admiral McRaven’s University of Texas Commencement Speech
 
On May 21, 2014, Admiral William H. McRaven addressed the graduating class of the University of Texas at Austin on their commencement day. Taking inspiration from the university’s slogan, “What starts here changes the world,” he shared the ten principles he learned during Navy SEAL training that helped him overcome challenges not only in his training and long Naval career, but also throughout his life; and he explained how anyone can use these basic lessons to change themselves --- and the world --- for the better.
 
Admiral McRaven’s original speech went viral with more than 10 million views. Building on the core tenets laid out in his speech, McRaven now recounts tales from his own life and from those of people he encountered during his military service who dealt with hardship and made tough decisions with determination, compassion, honor, and courage. Told with great humility and optimism, this timeless book provides simple wisdom, practical advice, and words of encouragement that will inspire readers to achieve more, even in life’s darkest moments.

Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World
by William H. McRaven

  • Publication Date: April 4, 2017
  • Genres: Nonfiction, Self-Help
  • Hardcover: 144 pages
  • Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
  • ISBN-10: 1455570249
  • ISBN-13: 9781455570249