Make your bed

If you want to change the world, start by making your bed. When you wake up, you will have completed your first task. You will have a sense of pride and it will encourage you to achieve one more goal, then another and another. That small task will turn into many accomplished goals. The author, who overcame difficult challenges and recovered from a serious parachute accident, tells us the profound life lessons—valuing companionship, accepting that the world is not fair, facing failure, not giving up, and making your bed—that he learned during one of the most challenging physical trainings in the world. The most significant achievements are made of small steps!

If you want to change the world, start by making your bed. When you wake up, you will have completed your first task. You will have a sense of pride and it will encourage you to achieve one more goal, then another and another. That small task will turn into many accomplished goals. The author, who overcame difficult challenges and recovered from a serious parachute accident, tells us the profound life lessons—valuing companionship, accepting that the world is not fair, facing failure, not giving up, and making your bed—that he learned during one of the most challenging physical trainings in the world. The most significant achievements are made of small steps!