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

by David Goggins

never forget that all emotional and physical anguish is finite! It all ends eventually. Smile at pain and watch it fade for at least a second or two.

Once, I was so focused on failing, I was afraid to even try. Now I would take on any challenge.

Only when you identify and accept your weaknesses will you finally stop running from your past. Then those incidents can be used more efficiently as fuel to become better and grow stronger.

We habitually settle for less than our best; at work, in school, in our relationships, and on the playing field or race course.

Analyze your schedule, kill your empty habits, burn out the bullshit, and see what’s left.

All of us can be the person who flies all day and night only to arrive home to a filthy house, and instead of blaming family or roommates, cleans it up right then because they refuse to ignore duties undone.