What advice does a Navy Seal have for recent college graduates?

Make your bed! Every day! 

That’s the advice recent University of Texas graduates were given by U.S. Navy Adm. William H. McCraven. McCraven, who organized the raid to kill Osama bin Laden, shared several life lessons learned in his 36 years as a Navy SEAL, and it all starts with making the bed. He went on to explain:

“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. And 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 the little things in life matter. If you can’t do the little things right, you’ll never be able to do the big things right. And if by chance you have a miserable day, you will come home to a bed that is made — that you made. And a made bed gives you encouragement that tomorrow will be better.”

Source: http://www.usmc81.com/2014/05/navy-seals-advice-grads-bed-morning/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Usmc81+%28USMC81%29

Thanks Wally!

Cpl. Beddoe, USMC 1981-1985 
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