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.
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William H. McRaven
Retired U.S. Navy admiral and 2014 University of Texas commencement speaker.
About this 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.
This is an independent editorial profile and is not an official or affiliated speaker website.
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