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If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed.
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If you make your bed every morning you will have accomplished the first task of the day. It will give you a small sense of pride, and it will encourage you to do another task and another and another.
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Making your bed will also reinforce the fact that little things in life matter.
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If you want to change the world, find someone to help you paddle.
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If you want to change the world, measure a person by the size of their heart, not the size of their flippers.
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SEAL training was a great equalizer. Nothing mattered but your will to succeed. Not your color, not your ethnic background, not your education and not your social status.
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If you want to change the world, you must be your very best in the darkest moment.
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Know that life is not fair and that you will fail often.
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But if you want to change the world, don’t be afraid of the circuses.
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If you want to change the world sometimes you have to slide down the obstacle head first.
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If you want to change the world don’t ever, ever ring the bell.
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Start each day with a task completed. Find someone to help you through life. Respect everyone.