I find taking a good dump in the morning does the trick for me -- dump -- that's slang for excretion. Maybe taking that dump on a SEAL's freshly made rack would be better.
On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 5:31 AM, Louis Proyect <[email protected]> wrote: > William C. McRaven is just the right person to run the prestigious state > university, having been a Navy Seal officer and supervising the hit > squad that killed Osama bin-Laden: > > Every morning in basic SEAL training, my instructors, who at the time > were all Viet Nam veterans, would show up in my barracks room and the > first thing they would inspect was your bed. > > If you did it right, the corners would be square, the covers pulled > tight, the pillow centered just under the headboard and the extra > blanket folded neatly at the foot of the rack—rack—that’s Navy talk for > bed. > > It was a simple task—mundane at best. But every morning we were required > to make our bed to perfection. It seemed a little ridiculous at the > time, particularly in light of the fact that were aspiring to be real > warriors, tough battle hardened SEALs—but the wisdom of this simple act > has been proven to me many times over. > > 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. > > By the end of the day, that one task completed will have turned into > many tasks completed. Making your bed will also reinforce the fact that > little things in life matter. > > If you can’t do the little things right, you will never do the big > things right. > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Cheers, Tom Walker (Sandwichman)
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