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

by David Goggins

If you look in the mirror and you see a fat person, don’t tell yourself that you need to lose a couple of pounds. Tell the truth. You’re fucking fat! It’s okay. Just say you’re fat if you’re fat. The dirty mirror that you see every day is going to tell you the truth every time, so why are you still lying to yourself? So you can feel better for a few minutes and stay the fucking same? If you’re fat you need to change the fact that you’re fat because it’s very fucking unhealthy. I know because I’ve been there.

If you look in the mirror and see someone who is obviously overweight, that means you’re fucking fat! Own it! It’s okay to be unkind with yourself in these moments because we need thicker skin to improve in life.

They were the human equivalent of the hardest, sharpest sword you could imagine. They sought out the flame, took the pounding for as long as necessary, longer even, until they were fearless and deadly. They weren’t motivated. They were driven.

The first step on the journey toward a calloused mind is stepping outside your comfort zone on a regular basis.

We often choose to focus on our strengths rather than our weaknesses.

Until you experience hardships like abuse and bullying, failures and disappointments, your mind will remain soft and exposed.

You can tolerate doubt as a backseat driver, but if you put doubt in the pilot’s seat, defeat is guaranteed.

Greatness is not something that if you meet it once it stays with you forever.

The most important conversations you’ll ever have are the ones you’ll have with yourself.