​​​​​​In 2014 Naval Adm. William H. McRaven delivered the commencement address at the University of Texas at Austin. Among other things—and with some editing—he said: 
“I have been a Navy SEAL for 36 years. Basic SEAL training is six months of long torturous runs in the soft sand, midnight swims in the cold water off San Diego, obstacle courses, unending calisthenics, days without sleep, and always being cold, wet and miserable. It is six months of constant harassment by professionally trained warriors who seek to find the weak of mind and body and eliminate them from ever becoming a Navy SEAL. But the training also seeks to find those students who can lead in an environment of constant stress, chaos, failure and hardships.
“Of the ten most important lessons I learned in training was that if you want to change the world, Continue Reading Here