Admiral McRaven Make Your Bed Speech: Ten Lessons Explained
What Admiral William H. McRaven meant in his 2014 Make Your Bed commencement speech, with original explanations of its ten principles and a university source.
Retired U.S. Navy admiral and 2014 University of Texas commencement speaker.

Admiral William H. McRaven delivered the University of Texas at Austin commencement address in 2014. He drew on lessons from Navy SEAL training to discuss discipline, cooperation, setbacks and hope.
Our guide draws from the university’s published remarks and separates his illustrations from our own practical interpretation.
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