DO YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD? MAKE YOUR BED + 10 OTHER IDEAS FROM ADMIRAL McRAVEN

1. Make your bed every morning; start the day with a task completed; do the little things right.
2. Every paddle of the boat needs to be synchronized; everybody must give equal effort; TEAMWORK MATTERS.
3. In Navy Seal training, they started with 150 applicants and got down to 42; “munchkin boat crew” was the best; the GREAT EQUALIZER – nothing maters but the size of your heart.
4. Uniform inspection – “sugar cookie” —cold, wet & sandy. Sometimes life is just not fair.
5. Meet the standard or go to the “circus” — but while at the “circus”, GET BETTER.
6. 25 Obstacle courses; on the “slide for life”, dare greatly, & go head first.
7. ”Great White Sharks” — don’t act afraid of bullies.
8. Under the ship’s keel at the darkest moment, you have to be at your very best.
9. ”Hell Week” — Mud Pit with oppressive cold & up to your neck in mud, start singing: THE POWER OF HOPE.
10. RING THE BELL to get out of any hardship or tough training; NEVER quit by taking the easy way out.

You don’t have to go through Navy Seal training to develop the MINDSET OF A CHAMPION. Playing college athletics on a team with high standards & the goal to win a National Championship, checks off the same 10 points above. In order to be a CHAMPION, you have to “have heart”, dare greatly, confront bullies, overcome struggles, stick together as a team, never quit or whine or look for an easy way out and pursue EXCELLENCE.