Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
by David Goggins
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Describing both the mental and physical abuse he, his brother and his mom suffered at the hands of an alcoholic, David Goggins says he eventually learned on his own how to dominate his mind, how to crave the discomfort of challenges like ultra-running, and how to avoid quitting. He says that if we only train the physical side, without delving in the “sewer” of the brain, we’re just training “bigger, stronger quitters.”
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In this short excerpt from a longer, sit-down interview, David Goggins explains how it’s not enough to “survive” difficult situations, that survival makes us cockroaches, rather than strong, in-control humans. He urges us not to let our brains control us but instead to tell our brains where we want to go and how we want to get there. The interview is interspersed with footage of Goggins doing physically demanding activities and shows some of his transformation from a chubby Navy SEAL wanna-be to leaned-down, muscular and fit.
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