You will not always be rewarded for your hard work / performance. Translation: Life is not fair get over it.

Get over being a sugar cookie and keep moving forward. Proving that determination and grit were always more important than talent.”Ĥ. Proving that money didn’t make you better. Proving that the color of your skin wasn’t important. “SEAL training was always about proving something. The size of your heart is all that matters. Translation: Grit and determination trump talent. Measure a person by the size of their heart, not the size of their flippers. I have never forgotten those people and I know that anything I achieved in my life was a result of others who have helped me along the way.”ģ. “I had numerous setbacks, and in each case, someone came forward to help me: someone who had faith in my abilities someone who saw potential in me where others might not someone who risked their own reputation to advance my career. It takes a team of good people to get you to your destination ⇒ Find someone to share your life with ⇒ Make as many friends as possible ⇒ Never forget that your success depends on others. In life, you will face difficult tasks that require you to rely on others ⇒ this requires teamwork. Throughout my life in the Navy, making my bed was the one constant that I could count on every day.” It showed my attention to detail, and at the end of the day it would be a reminder that I had done something well, something to be proud of, no matter how small the task. It was my first task of the day, and doing it right was important. “Making my bed correctly was not going to be an opportunity for praise.

Life is hard ⇒ days are long and filled with anxious moments ⇒ sometimes it seems that there is little you can do to affect the outcome of your day.ĭaily life requires a sense of structure ⇒ the simple act of completing a task can give you the extra pride / motivation you need to seize the day. Translation: Start your day with a completed task. Start singing when you’re up to your neck in mud. You must be your very best in the darkest moment. Sometimes you have to slide down the obstacle head first. In the book, he builds on these 10 lessons in each chapter.ġ0 lessons for changing the world / dealing with life

In the speech, Bill walks through 10 lessons he learned from basic SEAL training on how to change the world / deal with life. In his thirty-seven years as a Navy SEAL, he commanded at nearly every level. Admiral McRaven (“Bill”) is the author of Make Your Bed and Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations.

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