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“Make Your Bed” delivered by Admiral William H. McRaven. Background. This speech was delivered as the commencement address to the graduates of The University of Texas at Austin on May 17, 2014. Speech Transcript. President Powers, Provost Fenves, Deans, members of the faculty, family and friends and most importantly, the class of 2014.
May 19, 2014 · Remarks by Naval Adm. William H. McRaven, BJ '77, ninth commander of U.S.Special Operations Command, Texas Exes Life Member, and Distinguished Alumnus.
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- Make your bed. Every morning in SEAL training, my instructors, who at the time were all Vietnam veterans, would show up in my barracks room, and the first thing they would do is inspect my bed.
- Find someone to paddle with. During SEAL training, the students are broken down into boat crews. Each crew is seven students — three on each side of a small rubber boat and one coxswain to help guide the dingy.
- Measure a person by the size of their heart, not the size of their flippers. Over a few weeks of difficult training, my SEAL class, which started with 150 men, was down to just 42.
- Get over being a sugar cookie and keep moving forward. Several times a week, the instructors would line up the class and do a uniform inspection. It was exceptionally thorough.
Admiral William H. McRaven gave a commencement speech at the University of Texas often referred to as the “Make Your Bed” speech. It’s considered one of the best and more inspirational commencement speeches. Read the full transcript of McRaven’s May 19, 2014 speech right here at Rev.com.
May 29, 2020 · The retired U.S. Navy admiral and former chancellor of the University of Texas system delivered the 2020 Commencement speech for MIT online. He urged the graduates to be heroes and to have courage, humility, and integrity to save the world.
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