training the s.e.a.l. instructors, the first thing we had to do, two lessons and one is it s the first task. day and do the first task right and the next task and next teske and that would carry you through the day. the other thing is that this will matter and we as s.e.a.l. trainees understood if they gave you an order to make your bed had you to make it exactly right. so, again, the bed analogy, it s not that you have to make your bed to be a good person, but i have found in those times when i struggled in iraq and afc that getting up every morning, making my bed, taking a little pride in make the bed and doing it right real degive me some motivation for rest of the day. a good lesson for us all. admiral william mccraven, thank you so much for your time and service, and i m wishing you and your family a peaceful and meaningful memorial day. thank you, jake. well, it could happen any day. the secretary of homeland
if you don t mind, every morning speaking to my 7-year-old about making his bed. can you explain that? such a simple thing but why is that the linchpin you re making in this book? a lot of us grew up, in particular, my father was an air force officer, my mother a school teacher. before you came to breakfast you had to make your bed. i m not sure i understood why that was important. we got to s.e.a.l. training every morning we would have an inspection. uniform inspection and a bed inspection. i couldn t quite understand. look, i came to s.e.a.l. training to learn to be a s.e.a.l. warrior. here they are, having me make my bed. not just make my bed but make it correctly to exact standards. and you learn that, one, it was the first task of the day. and if you did that and did it well you had a little pride in that first task of the day and it really put you in a position to do the next task and the next task. the other thing it was for the s.e.a.l. instructors, hey, you