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Your Game Plan To Building Mental Muscle With David Goggins
“No one’s coming to save you.” — David Goggins
David Goggins isn’t known for moderation. He’s known for big goals. Brutal truths. Intense physical and mental development.
David Goggins is a former US Navy Seal and exceptional endurance athlete with a powerful message. He’s motivated millions of people to challenge themselves. He is the only member of the U.S. Armed forces to complete Navy Seal training, Air Force Tactical Air Controller training, and U.S. Army Ranger School.
He wasn’t always this mentally tough. We’ve compiled three of the many rules David Goggins has applied to turn his life around.
1. Become a Practitioner
An incessant underachiever, one day David decided he had enough.
“Here I am listening to the TV as I’m showering, and this particular day, I started hearing: ‘Navy SEALs. Toughest training.’ I was hearing it cut out between the water hitting my ears.”
That’s when he realized: “I didn’t want to sit back and continually watch these shows about great people doing amazing things. I wanted that feeling in my head that I believed that they had: of true accomplishment.”
