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Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World by: William H. McRaven: Goodreads Summary: If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed. On May 17, 2014, Admiral William H. McRaven addressed the graduating class of the University of Texas at Austin on their Commencement day. Taking inspiration from the university's slogan, "What starts here changes the world," he shared the ten principles he learned during Navy Seal training that helped him overcome challenges not only in his training and long Naval career, but also throughout his life; and he explained how anyone can use these basic lessons to change themselves-and the world-for the better. Admiral McRaven's original speech went viral with over 10 million views. Building on the core tenets laid out in his speech, McRaven now recounts tales from his own life and from those of people he encountered during his military service who dealt with hardship and made tough dec

I've  always been a huge fan of the Gilmore Girls, and I had heard about the Rory Gilmore Challenge and decided it was my turn to finally give it a go. Here are the 339 books referenced during the show, and such it is such an extensive list there won't be an end date on this challenge. So wish me luck! Here we go: ( I found this list here .) 1.  1984  by George Orwell 2.  Adventures of Huckleberry Finn  by Mark Twain 3.  Alice in Wonderland  by Lewis Carroll 4.  The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay  by Michael Chabon 5.  An American Tragedy  by Theodore Dreiser 6.  Angela's Ashes  by Frank McCourt 7.  Anna Karenina  by Leo Tolstoy 8.  The Diary of a Young Girl  by Anne Frank 9.  The Archidamian War  by Donald Kagan 10.  The Art of Fiction  by Henry James 11.  The Art of War  by Sun Tzu 12.  As I Lay Dying  by William Faulkner 13.  Atonement  by Ian McEwan 14.  Autobiography of a Face  by Lucy Grealy 15.  The Awakening  by Kate Chopi