Can't Hurt Me
by David Goggins
Goggins' story from abused child and overweight exterminator to Navy SEAL and ultramarathoner, with challenges at the end of each chapter: the accountability mirror, callousing the mind, the forty percent rule, taking souls. It is raw, profane and extreme, and it has driven millions off the couch. Not a model for balance; a model for the ceiling.
Read it if…
you suspect you quit at forty percent and want proof that the ceiling is higher.
Skip it if…
you are already pushing too hard; this will push harder.
Three things you will actually use
- When you think you are done, you are at forty percent.
- Callous the mind through voluntary hardship.
- Keep a cookie jar of past wins for the dark moments.
Do this first
Write your insecurities on sticky notes on the mirror and confront one of them with a specific task.
Our verdict
Raw and extreme; a ceiling-raiser.
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