Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
David Goggins
New York Times Best SellerOver 5 million copies soldFor David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare -- poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. But through self-discipline, mental toughness, and hard work, Goggins transformed himself from a depressed, overweight young man with no future into a U.S. Armed Forces icon and one of the world's top endurance athletes. The only man in history to complete elite training as a Navy SEAL, Army Ranger, and Air Force Tactical Air Controller, he went on to set records in numerous endurance events, inspiring Outside magazine to name him "The Fittest (Real) Man in America."In Can't Hurt Me, he shares his astonishing life story and reveals that most of us tap into only 40% of our capabilities. Goggins calls this The 40% Rule, and his story illuminates a path that anyone can follow to push past pain, demolish fear, and reach their full potential.
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0This book should be called 'Masochism 101'. That is to say, as a wannabe overachiever, I enjoyed the crap out of it. Was it ridiculous the lengths he went to just to prove something to himself? Yes. Pretty much. I would not advise anyone to try running on broken legs no matter how much of a 'bad mother f####er" it made them feel like afterwards. But is his message of endurance, discipline, and momentum the most encouraging sh** I've ever read in my life? Absolutely.
This book made me dig out my old skipping rope and go at it past the point where there are blisters forming on my toes and I'm staggering around like a drunk antelope afterwards. Recalling his stories and attitude somehow made me enjoy that pain and eager for more the next day. Tasks that I normally put off or do half heartedly are now the things I go into with full thrust. It's crazy. It really is. I've probably been more productive, and pumped about it, than I've been this entire year.
However, to me at least, he never comes off as boastful. His book is not about proving how great he is, it's about proving how great WE can be.
He acknowledges towards the end the damage he was actually doing to himself by being too proud to follow the advice of experts when it came to preparing himself for the physical challenges that he dove into. It leaves us with an understanding that we need more than just a calloused mind and the ability to push past our 40% capacity. We need good preparation and a large dose of humility.
If you feel like you're stagnant in life, especially due to the whole pandemic thing, I recommend reading this book and following his exercises at the end of each chapter. It's tough love, but sometimes that's exactly what you need to escape the rut.
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