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Change the World

Objective

Identify how even the smallest tasks can have an impact on their overall goals in personal life and future.

Activity

Play the included video and write down the ten steps that are listed in Adm. McRaven’s speech. Hold a group discussion on why each step is important.

Discussion

After the event, have the group discuss an after action-report. The report should include the following:

  • How could you use each of these steps in your everyday life?
  • How could these steps facilitate change in the world?
  • How many people do you have to reach in your lifetime?
  • How long will it take to change the world?

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Additional activities

Discuss and execute five small acts of kindness that could change the world.

Additional discussion

  • If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed.
  • If you want to change the world, find someone to help you paddle.
  • If you want to change the world, measure a person by the size of their heart, not the size of their flippers.
  • If you want to change the world, get over being a sugar cookie and keep moving forward.
  • If you want to change the world, don’t be afraid of the circuses.
  • If you want to change the world, sometimes you have to slide down the obstacle headfirst.
  • If you want to change the world, don’t back down from the sharks.
  • If you want to change the world, you must be your very best in the darkest moment.
  • If you want to change the world, start singing when you’re up to your neck in mud.
  • If you want to change the world, don’t ever, ever ring the bell.

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