Make

Your Bed
Admiral William H.
McRaven
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About Make Your Life
William H. Bed Lessons
McRaven

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Leadership Book Works
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01
About William
H. McRaven
Early Life
● Born in Pinehurst, North Carolina on November 6th, 1955
● Raised by his father, Claude C. McRaven, and his mother, Anna
Elizabeth Long
○ His father was a former spitfire fighter pilot in World War II
● Grew up in San Antonio, Texas
○ Two older sisters
● Attended Theodore Roosevelt High School

○ Star member of the school’s track team

Pursuing a
● Attended the University of Texas at Austin

○ Bachelor’s degree in journalism

Military Career
○ Member of the Naval Reserve Officers

Training Corps

● Master’s degree from the Naval Postgraduate

School

○ First graduate from the special

operations/low intensity conflict

curriculum

● 37 year military career

● Four Star admiral

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Make Your Bed
 About the Book
● Book based off of Admiral William H. McRaven’s

commencement speech for the graduating class

from the University of Texas at Austin

● 10 lessons learned as a Navy SEAL

● Each lesson can be connected back to challenges

we face in our everyday lives

03
Life Lessons
If you want to
change the
world…
01
find someone
to help you
paddle
If you want to
change the
world…
02
don’t be
afraid of The
Circus
If you want to
change the
world…
03
start singing
when you’re
up to your
neck in mud
04
Leadership
 Acknowledgements

Bronze Star Judge William H. Defense Superior

Medal Webster Service Medal
Distinguished
Service Award
Chancellor of the University of
Texas System

Overseer of 14 institutions and around 220,000 students

 Maybe You Need to Divide the Text
Pinnacle: A
Level Five
Leader

Decoration Every Day

Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and Venus has a beautiful name and is the
the smallest one in our Solar System—it’s second planet from the Sun. It’s terribly
only a bit larger than our Moon hot—even hotter than Mercury
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Book Review
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Useful life lessons

Captivating

Good length

A bit choppy
“Hope is the most powerful
force in the universe.”

Admiral William H.
McRaven
Thanks!
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