David Goggins, the remarkable former Navy SEAL and endurance athlete, truly exhibits his relentless mindset in “Can’t Hurt Me.” In this inspirational memoir, Goggins reveals his extraordinary journey from an overweight, insecure young man to a record-breaking endurance athlete. He famously said,
“Most of this generation quits the second they get talked to. It’s so easy to be great nowadays because everyone else is weak. If you have any mental toughness, if you have any fraction of self-discipline; the ability to not want to do it, but still do it; if you can get through to doing things that you hate to do: on the other side is greatness.”
This quote is something I live by, like a church lady lives by The Bible. To be the greatest of yourself you cannot try and be a better “anyone else”, you have to become the best of yourself and only then will you succeed. After my first time listening to a podcast by Goggins, I had a surge of motivation, I ran about 2,000 stairs to the point where I could hardly jog home. I recommend reading “Can’t Hurt Me” for anyone with enough will to become the best version of themselves.