Chapter 3 / Make Your Bed By Admiral William H McRaven

10 March 2023

In Military, they say, it's all mental!

At a point, you think and start believing that, religiously! And, it's true upto a great extent, if not a complete truth! It's not a complete truth, because you can do anything and everything till the time, your body supports you to do it! And, Officers who doesn't understand that, make their mens' lives miserable with injuries and sorrow to their families for a long time/if not for an entire life!

Life is short and beautiful, we always keep running towards our goals, no goal is small or big, because if someone wants to be a cook, he/she should do good at it, else it's of no point, there is no point of it! If you want to become a Civil Servant or Military Officer, be good at it, else you are just one of a big lot without making any significant impact in your service! Anyway, that's not the topic of discussion here!

I was reading 3rd Chapter, and Admiral William H McRaven says, when he visited ROTC, Coronado of SEAL, there was a person with civil attire, and small body figure, when this person came to meet Lt. Huth; Lt. Huth introduced him to the author as the last medal of honour recipient of Vietnam War and a decorated frogman of all time! William was awestruck at that, even a frail, quite humble, reserved man, who he was thinking will not be able to carry a rucksack, was a legend!

So, it's not always, the size of flippers, it's the size of your heart! If you dare to dream, you dare to do, if you dare to do, you dare to achieve!

I have not achieved anything great in life too, but I can proudly say, I have been thru one of the toughest times in life and one of the toughest/the toughest pre-commission military training in India, and that makes me distinct from others and that makes me that mentally tough to endure anything that comes in the way! That helps me thrive thru every day with a smile, it's always about proving your true potential! To the world? No! To yourself! So that, when you look at the mirror, you can say, hell yeah, I worked hard for it and I achieved it!

Challenge yourself every day, and have a SEAL Mindset, where every day you will be told by your instructors, you will not make it, you will quit, and to be a frogman, you need to prove them all wrong! Every person that says, you can't do it, how are you managing it, it must be very difficult for you alongside IT Job blah blah blah!! Just prove them all wrong with your hardwork and sheer grit and determination! That can beat every other thing in this world!

If you want to be a leader, work hard in silence and let your success make the noise, show all these people how it's done with your actions!

Fortune favours the brave! Jai Hind!