University of Texas at Austin 2014 Commencement Address - Admiral William H. McRaven

Why HN readers recommended it

Recommended in life-advice and motivation threads as worth watching in full, especially for its point about starting small by changing yourself.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Texas Exes

Topic

commencement speech and discipline

Format

talk

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

4

Recommendation years in dataset

2017–2026

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• Obligatory UT Admiral William H. McRaven Commencement Address[1] Worth the whole watch, however it’s makes he makes a very compelling argument for making your bed in the morning. I’ll add cleaning as part of the morning routine is also highly effective to get moving. [VIDEO]

• That's why I call it DeplorablesBook but that's also where the problem lies maybe. Most probably. Maybe certainly. We need to engage in those tiresome discussions collectively. We need to talk more, with more people from more diverse backgrounds if we want to change anything …

• First and foremost, what you are describing is metacognition - thinking about the way you think. Hopefully that will aid you in your search for things! Secondly, here are some of my favorite influential material: - Li Ka-Shing, Tips on Life. My takeaway: invest in …