Make your bed.
I love the commencement speech given by Admiral William McRaven in 2014 to the University of Texas at Austin. Many people have seen the part about making your bed as the first accomplishment of the day, but the latter part of the speech is what I love. It is about facing failure. It is about realizing you will fail and failing doesn't mean failure. It Here is the link to his speech in its entirety. https://youtu.be/yaQZFhrW0fU If you would rather read it, Here it is in good old print. The following are the remarks by Naval Adm. William H. McRaven, ninth commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, at the University-wide Commencement at The University of Texas at Austin on May 17: President Powers, Provost Fenves, Deans, members of the faculty, family and friends and most importantly, the class of 2014. Congratulations on your achievement. It’s been almost 37 years to the day that I graduated from UT. I remember a lot of things about that day. I rememb