Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World
E538524
Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World is a motivational book by retired U.S. Navy Admiral William H. McRaven that expands on his viral commencement speech to share life lessons drawn from his military experience.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5634217 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World Context triple: [William H. McRaven, notableWork, Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World]
-
A.
What You Can Change and What You Can’t
"What You Can Change and What You Can’t" is a psychology book by Martin Seligman that explains which emotional and behavioral problems are realistically treatable and which are largely resistant to change, based on scientific research.
-
B.
The Most Good You Can Do
The Most Good You Can Do is a book by philosopher Peter Singer that presents and defends the principles of effective altruism, urging readers to use their resources to help others as much as possible.
-
C.
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big is a self-help and personal development book that blends humor, autobiography, and practical advice on success, written by cartoonist and creator of Dilbert, Scott Adams.
-
D.
Lean In
Lean In is a bestselling 2013 book by Sheryl Sandberg that encourages women to pursue their ambitions and advocates for gender equality in the workplace and leadership.
-
E.
Wake Up Happy: The Dream Big, Win Big Guide to Transforming Your Life
"Wake Up Happy: The Dream Big, Win Big Guide to Transforming Your Life" is a motivational self-help book by Michael Strahan that blends personal stories, life lessons, and practical advice on achieving success and happiness.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World Target entity description: Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World is a motivational book by retired U.S. Navy Admiral William H. McRaven that expands on his viral commencement speech to share life lessons drawn from his military experience.
-
A.
What You Can Change and What You Can’t
"What You Can Change and What You Can’t" is a psychology book by Martin Seligman that explains which emotional and behavioral problems are realistically treatable and which are largely resistant to change, based on scientific research.
-
B.
The Most Good You Can Do
The Most Good You Can Do is a book by philosopher Peter Singer that presents and defends the principles of effective altruism, urging readers to use their resources to help others as much as possible.
-
C.
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big is a self-help and personal development book that blends humor, autobiography, and practical advice on success, written by cartoonist and creator of Dilbert, Scott Adams.
-
D.
Lean In
Lean In is a bestselling 2013 book by Sheryl Sandberg that encourages women to pursue their ambitions and advocates for gender equality in the workplace and leadership.
-
E.
Wake Up Happy: The Dream Big, Win Big Guide to Transforming Your Life
"Wake Up Happy: The Dream Big, Win Big Guide to Transforming Your Life" is a motivational self-help book by Michael Strahan that blends personal stories, life lessons, and practical advice on achieving success and happiness.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
motivational book ⓘ |
| author | William H. McRaven NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOccupation | retired U.S. Navy admiral ⓘ |
| authorRank | four-star admiral ⓘ |
| authorServiceBranch | United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorUnit | United States Navy SEALs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | William H. McRaven's 2014 University of Texas at Austin commencement speech NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
changing your life through small consistent actions
ⓘ
character building ⓘ service to others ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| drawsFrom |
U.S. Navy SEAL training experiences
ⓘ
William H. McRaven's military career ⓘ |
| format | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
motivational literature
ⓘ
self-help ⓘ |
| hasSpeechOrigin | If You Want to Change the World, Start Off by Making Your Bed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general readers
ⓘ
people seeking motivation ⓘ |
| keyMessage |
accept that life is not fair
ⓘ
lift up the downtrodden ⓘ never give up ⓘ stand up to bullies ⓘ start each day with a completed task ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
ⓘ
ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
discipline through small daily tasks
ⓘ
importance of making your bed each morning ⓘ resilience in the face of hardship ⓘ teamwork and camaraderie ⓘ |
| notableReception | bestseller status ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2017 ⓘ |
| publisher | Grand Central Publishing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| speechLocation | University of Texas at Austin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| speechYear | 2014 ⓘ |
| structure | collection of life lessons ⓘ |
| subject |
leadership
ⓘ
military life lessons ⓘ personal development ⓘ |
| title | Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World Description of subject: Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World is a motivational book by retired U.S. Navy Admiral William H. McRaven that expands on his viral commencement speech to share life lessons drawn from his military experience.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Admiral William H. McRaven
→
notableWork
→
Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World
ⓘ
subject surface form:
William H. McRaven
Admiral William H. McRaven
→
hasWritten
→
Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World
ⓘ
subject surface form:
William H. McRaven