Can't Hurt Me

DAVID GOGGINS

David Goggins is a force of nature. Aside from the lessons that I draw from Mother Nature herself, I know of no other motivating force that is as powerful and effective as David Goggins. Mr. Goggins doesn't write about natural law as I do, but he is living proof of their existence. Natural Law 101 is all about self-mastery. There is no one alive who has worked harder, through physical exertion to improve his mind and body than David Goggins. We were born with a special dispensation to reason and apply logic to reach common sense conclusions - we have also been given higher gifts of optimism and energy, focus, foresight, and insight. But these gifts were meant to be cultivated and nourished. If we don’t use our gifts, we lose our gifts. If that happens, bad things happen to us and our society. David Goggins makes the connection between self-mastery and societal good. He sums up stoic philosophy by example. His physical endurance, work ethic, and tolerance to pain, boggle the brain and make us ask what might we be leaving in the tank. To read about his physical challenges, hell weeks (3 in one year to become a Navy seal) ultra marathons of over 136 miles in 24 hours, 4000 pull-ups in 19 hours (a world record) you don’t think any human being is capable of enduring such pain - But he does.

His capacity to endure and adapt is nothing short of a miracle. His life story is remarkable. His humility is incredible.

His writing is sharp, clever, and highly entertaining. He provides tips on how to do what he does, to “callous his mind” to pain, to “stay ahead of his quitting mind,” to always reach the next higher threshold of pain, to allow his body and mind to adapt to the higher level of achievement. To find the willingness to “scrap our former selves,” stop playing the victim, and “make the extra effort to always find more, to become more.” To “remove our governor” (p215, Cant Hurt Me). He says that “most of us give up when we’ve only given around 40% of our maximum effort, even when we feel like we’ve reached our absolute limit, we still have 60 percent more to give! He pushes beyond limits that are simply unimaginable for ordinary human beings. He is living proof that each of us was meant to move well beyond the ordinary. And he tells us why it’s all worth it. Amazing contribution to mankind. I hope we can get his first book “Can’t Hurt Me” into our public schools in the future.

Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds

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