Make your Bed, Conquer the World

This book was a pearler.

Admiral William H. McRaven, former Joint Special Operations Commander, was ripped in half during a routine freefall exercise when both legs became tangled in his parachute. When the shoot blossomed, it broke his pelvis in half, ripped muscles from his stomach and fractured his back.

He spent months in bed, grappling with the heartbreaking reality that his career and much of his life were over.

Then, one day, he stood up and made his bed.

One disciplinary act, one quiet triumph.

He then became one of the most famous Navy SEALs in American history. A four-star admiral, he was in command and helped organize the operation that killed Osama bin Laden.

This bestseller is a series of lessons he learned throughout his career, forged in the salt and fire of Navy SEAL training. And they're not polished with motivational glitter. They're raw, practical, and delivered by a man who spent much of his life at the edge of human endurance.

Making my bed didn't fix my life. I still leave washing in the machine for 3 days, eat sugar-free lollies until I shit my pants, and can't stop buying dogs, but for five glorious seconds every morning, I look at my bed and think, 'faaaaaaark, maybe my life's not such a goat rodeo after all.'