If you make your bed every morning, you will have accomplished the first task of the day." McRaven, a somewhat famous public speaker in addition to his accolades as a Navy Seal, spoke to the importance of making your bed every morning in a now-viral commencement speech at the University of Texas, Austin: "[Making your bed] will give you a small sense of pride, and it will encourage you to do another task, and another, and another. And by the end of the day, that one task completed will have turned into many tasks completed. … So if you want to change the world, start off with making your bed.