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University of Texas at Austin 2014 Commencement Address - Admiral William H. McRaven

Texas Exes · talk · Watch on YouTube

Productivity & self-improvementMilitary history & warfare

What it is

Admiral William McRaven's 2014 University of Texas commencement address, built around lessons from Navy SEAL training. It famously opens with the case for making your bed every morning.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended in life-advice and motivation threads as worth watching in full, especially for its point about starting small by changing yourself.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “Worth the whole watch”

    Compelling case for making your bed each morning

    wizardforhire, 2020-01 · Strong recommendation · in “Tricks to start working despite not feeling like it”

  2. “Just got a recommendation for this great correlating speech by a friend actually”

    Speech friend recommended as relevant to talking across divides

    musha68k, 2017-04 · Recommendation · in “The relationship between social media use and well-being”

  3. “My takeaway: if you want to change the world, start by changing yourself.”

    McRaven on changing the world by starting with yourself

    jefflombardjr, 2019-04 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: What are good resources for life advice?”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: mcraven, navy seals, make your bed, motivation, commencement

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