Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life, and Maybe the World

I have quite the aversion to anything that could be described as a “self-help” book, but I was also taken aback by the simplicity and power of McRaven’s University of Texas commencement address, and when I discovered that he had expanded that address into book form, I wanted to investigate further. It doesn’t disappoint; McRaven is a reminder of the essential nature of self-discipline and order as a pre-requisite for affecting positive external change in the world.