Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World by William H. McRaven
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Make Your Bed
Maybe the World is a concise and straightforward self-help book by retired Navy Admiral William H. McRaven. In his book, McRaven imparts invaluable life lessons that he learned during his long career in the military. The book is structured around ten principles that the author believes can help readers become more disciplined, responsible, and successful in their personal and professional lives. These principles are based on McRaven's experiences as a Navy SEAL that he finds can be used in personal life. Each chapter in Make Your Bed focuses on one principle, and McRaven uses a combination of anecdotes, personal stories, and military history to illustrate his point. In the chapter "You Can't Go It Alone," McRaven talks about the importance of building strong relationships and supporting others. He draws on his experience as a Navy SEAL, where teamwork and trust are essential. McRaven describes how he and his comrades relied on each other to accomplish their missions during his service to be successful. Make Your Bed is the way in which McRaven uses his own experiences to illustrate his principles. He is not afraid to share his failures and he is quick to acknowledge the role that luck, and chance played in his career. This humility and self-awareness make him an engaging and trustworthy narrator, and his advice feels genuine and practical. His writing is clear and concise, McRaven avoids using militant terms that readers may not understand, this in turn shows he speaks directly to the audience. His stories are relatable and show the messages he is trying to spread. All in All, the book is not without its flaws. Some readers may find the advice in Make Your Bed to be overly simplistic or too straightforward. McRaven's focus on discipline and personal responsibility may also come across as preachy to some readers. While most of his stories boost meaning to the points, he is trying to make some of the stories he uses to illustrate his points may feel repetitive or irrelevant. Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World is an inspiring book that offers valuable insights into leadership, personal responsibility, and patients. While it may not be groundbreaking or revolutionary, it is a useful guide for anyone looking to improve their life and achieve their goals. McRaven's writing is engaging, and his personal stories make his advice feel genuine and practical. Overall, Make Your Bed is a worthwhile read for anyone who wants to be more disciplined, responsible, and successful in their personal and professional life.
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Easy, Quick, Amazing Read!
This book is such a great read! It’s pretty short, I was able to read it in about 2 hours, but it provides such easy down-to-earth advice. Admiral McRaven breaks down each concept by providing an experience that taught that bit of advice to him, and then follows with elaboration of the point and why it matters. I personally have tried implementing the advice of starting your day with a task complete, making my bed like he suggests, and it’s amazing how much that changes my mentality for the day and how it makes me feel to start the day feeling like I already accomplished something. In the ten chapters of this book, Admiral McRaven covers practical everyday advice that anyone can follow and everyone should use in their day-to-day lives. Highly recommend!
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Essential
I believe anyone needed help with prioritizing thing In their life and making a difference needs this book to help them grow!
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Little Things That Make A Difference
I re-read this book any time I need motivation. Admiral McRaven's book is easy to read and gives the reader 10 "lessons" that can assist anyone to be the human they want to be. Check out his commencement speech which this book is based on. Could be a great gift for a graduate or anyone looking to be better.
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Absolutely a must read. Will improve your life !
I found this book so inspirational and incredibly relevant. The life direction is direct and easy to apply to your own life, thankfully , differently. I will use this book as I help friends in program improve their life
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Great book
This is one of the best books I have ever read. I usually only read novels but read this from a suggestion from a friend. Great decision.
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Important principles for overcoming life's obstacl
This is a very easy read (did so in about 90 minutes). Of course, it is based on anecdotal stories from Admiral McRaven. This book is the prose of his widely publicized commencement speech he gave to the University of Texas, his Alma mater and now that he is retired from the US Navy, his charge as the Chancellor of the entire UT network. Perhaps a 4-star rating is generous, as there is not much deep thought in the messages of his ten rules for surviving SEAL training and life. It does make for entertaining reading, but perhaps may be a bit misleading for civilians to adapt these ten rules to everyday life. Nonetheless, in basic concepts, these are ten powerful rules, and the importance of these basic life principles carry enough weight to merit a "better than 3-star" rating. Not going to list the ten rules as not wanting to be a spoiler. Worth the read.
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