What starts here changes the world.

I have a few suggestions that may help you on your way to a better world.

And while these lessons were learned during my time in the military,

I can assure you that it matters not whether you ever served a day in uniform.

It matters not your gender, your ethnic or religious background,

your orientation or your social status.

Our struggles in this world are similar,

and the lessons to overcome those struggles and to move forward,

changing ourselves and changing the world around us will apply equally to all.

So here are the 10 lessons I learned from basic seal training

that hopefully will be of value to you as you move forward in life.

Every morning in seal training, my instructors,

who at the time were all Vietnam veterans,

would show up in my barritch room,

and the first thing they'd do was inspect my bed.

If you did it right, the corners would be square, the covers would be pulled tight,

the pillow centered just under the headboard,

and the extra blanket folded neatly at the foot of the rack.

It was a simple task, mundane at best,

but every morning we were required to make our bed the perfection.

It seemed a little ridiculous at the time, particularly in light of the fact,

that we were aspiring to be real warriors, tough battle-hardened seals,

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