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if you want to change the world start off by making your bed off by making your bed if you make your bed every morning you

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if you make your bed every morning you will have accomplished the first will have accomplished the first task of the day it will give you a small

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task of the day it will give you a small sense of pride sense of pride and it will encourage you to do another and it will encourage you to do another task and another task and another and another and by the end of the day

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and another and by the end of the day that one task completed that one task completed will have turned into many tasks will have turned into many tasks completed making your bed will also completed making your bed will also reinforce the fact

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reinforce the fact that the little things in life matter if that the little things in life matter if you can't do the little things right

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you can't do the little things right you'll never be able to do the big you'll never be able to do the big things right and if by chance you have a

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things right and if by chance you have a miserable day miserable day you will come home to a bed that is made that you made and a made bed gives you encouragement encouragement that tomorrow will be better to pass

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that tomorrow will be better to pass seal training there are a series of long seal training there are a series of long swims that must be completed

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swims that must be completed one is the night swim before the swim one is the night swim before the swim the instructors joyfully brief the

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the instructors joyfully brief the students students on all the species of sharks that on all the species of sharks that inhabit the waters off san clemente inhabit the waters off san clemente they assure you however that no student

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they assure you however that no student has ever been eaten by a shark at least has ever been eaten by a shark at least not that they can remember

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not that they can remember but you are also taught that if a shark but you are also taught that if a shark begins to circle your position

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begins to circle your position stand your ground do not swim away stand your ground do not swim away do not act afraid and if the shark

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do not act afraid and if the shark hungry for a midnight snack darts hungry for a midnight snack darts towards you then summons up all your

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towards you then summons up all your strength strength and punch him in the snout and he will and punch him in the snout and he will turn and swim away turn and swim away there are a lot of sharks in the world

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there are a lot of sharks in the world if you hope to complete the swim if you hope to complete the swim you will have to deal with them so if

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you will have to deal with them so if you want to change the world you want to change the world don't back down from the sharks over a

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don't back down from the sharks over a few weeks of difficult training few weeks of difficult training my seal class which started with 150 men

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my seal class which started with 150 men was down to just 42. there were now six was down to just 42. there were now six boat crews of seven men each

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boat crews of seven men each i was in the boat with the tall guys but i was in the boat with the tall guys but the best boat crew we had

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the best boat crew we had was made up of little guys the munchkin was made up of little guys the munchkin crew we called them

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crew we called them no one was over five foot five the no one was over five foot five the munchkin boat crew munchkin boat crew had one american indian one had one american indian one african-american

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african-american one polish american one greek american one polish american one greek american one italian-american and two tough kids

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one italian-american and two tough kids from the midwest from the midwest they out paddled out ran and out swam they out paddled out ran and out swam all the other boat crews the big men and all the other boat crews the big men and the other boat crews

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the other boat crews would always make good-natured fun of would always make good-natured fun of the tiny little flippers

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the tiny little flippers the munchkins put on their tiny little the munchkins put on their tiny little feet prior to every swim

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feet prior to every swim but somehow these little guys from every but somehow these little guys from every corner of the nation in the world

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corner of the nation in the world always have the last laugh sewing faster always have the last laugh sewing faster than everyone and reaching the shore

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than everyone and reaching the shore long before the rest of us seal training long before the rest of us seal training was a great equalizer

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was a great equalizer nothing mattered but your will to nothing mattered but your will to succeed not your color not your ethnic

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succeed not your color not your ethnic background not your education not your background not your education not your social status

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social status if you want to change the world measure if you want to change the world measure a person by the size of their heart

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a person by the size of their heart not by the size of their flippers the not by the size of their flippers the ninth week of training is referred to as

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ninth week of training is referred to as hell week it is six days of no sleep hell week it is six days of no sleep constant physical and mental harassment

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constant physical and mental harassment and one special day and one special day at the mud flats the mud flats are an at the mud flats the mud flats are an area between san diego and tijuana where area between san diego and tijuana where the

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the water runs off and creates the tijuana water runs off and creates the tijuana sloughs sloughs a swampy patch of terrain where the mud a swampy patch of terrain where the mud will engulf you

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will engulf you it is on wednesday of hell week that you it is on wednesday of hell week that you paddle down in the mud flats and spend

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paddle down in the mud flats and spend the next 15 hours trying to survive this the next 15 hours trying to survive this freezing cold the howling wind and the

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freezing cold the howling wind and the incessant pressure incessant pressure to quit from the instructors as the sun to quit from the instructors as the sun began to set that wednesday evening began to set that wednesday evening my training class having committed some

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my training class having committed some egregious infraction of the rules egregious infraction of the rules was ordered into the mud the mud

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was ordered into the mud the mud consumed each man consumed each man until there was nothing visible but our until there was nothing visible but our heads heads the instructors told us we could leave

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the instructors told us we could leave the mud if only five men would quit the mud if only five men would quit only five men just five men and we could

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only five men just five men and we could get out of the oppressive cold get out of the oppressive cold looking around the mud flat it was

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looking around the mud flat it was apparent that some students were about apparent that some students were about to give up

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to give up it was still over eight hours till the it was still over eight hours till the sun came up eight more sun came up eight more hours of bone chilling cold hours of bone chilling cold the chattering teeth and shivering moans

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the chattering teeth and shivering moans of the trainees were so loud of the trainees were so loud it was hard to hear anything and then

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it was hard to hear anything and then one voice began to echo through the one voice began to echo through the night night one voice raised in song the song was one voice raised in song the song was terribly out of tune

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terribly out of tune but sung with great enthusiasm one voice but sung with great enthusiasm one voice became two became two and two became three and before long and two became three and before long everyone in the class was singing

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everyone in the class was singing the instructors threatened us with more the instructors threatened us with more time in the mud if we kept up the

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time in the mud if we kept up the singing singing but the singing persisted and somehow but the singing persisted and somehow the mud seemed the mud seemed a little warmer and the wind a little

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a little warmer and the wind a little tamer and the dawn tamer and the dawn not so far away if i have learned not so far away if i have learned anything anything in my time traveling the world it is the

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in my time traveling the world it is the power of hope power of hope the power of one person the washington a the power of one person the washington a lincoln lincoln king mandela and even a young girl from

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king mandela and even a young girl from pakistan malala pakistan malala one person can change the world by one person can change the world by giving people hope giving people hope so if you want to change the world start

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so if you want to change the world start each day with a task completed each day with a task completed find someone to help you through life

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find someone to help you through life respect everyone respect everyone know that life is not fair and that you know that life is not fair and that you will fail often will fail often but if you take some risks step up when

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but if you take some risks step up when the times are the toughest the times are the toughest face down the bullies lift up the

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face down the bullies lift up the downtrodden and never ever give up downtrodden and never ever give up if you do these things the next

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if you do these things the next generation generation and the generations that follow will and the generations that follow will live in a world far better than the one live in a world far better than the one we have today

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we have today and what started here will indeed have and what started here will indeed have changed the world changed the world for the better you

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