Admiral William McRaven, a Navy Seal for 36 years, delivered the commencement address at the University of Texas. If you haven’t seen it or heard it or read it … you should. It’s been mentioned by a lot of people as one of the finest commencement talks ever.
Here’s the shorthand version of Admiral McRaven’s 10 Life Lessons from Seal Training.
Lesson No. 1: If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed.
Lesson No. 2: If you want to change the world, find someone to help you paddle.
Lesson No. 3: If you want to change the world, measure a person by the size of their heart, not the size of their flippers.
Lesson No. 4: If you want to change the world, get over being a sugar cookie and keep moving forward.
Lesson No. 5: If you want to change the world, don’t be afraid of the circuses.
Lesson No. 6: If you want to change the world, sometimes you have to slide down the obstacle head first.
Lesson No. 7: If you want to change the world, don’t back down from the sharks.
Lesson No. 8: If you want to change the world, you must be your very best in the darkest moment.
Lesson No. 9: If you want to change the world, start singing when you’re up to your neck in mud.
Lesson No. 10: If you want to change the world don’t ever, ever ring the bell.
At the very end of the 10 lessons, I urge you to check out this link or others which include the actual video and the text of his talk.
Make Each Day Count.
