Lisa answers “I understand his drive and callousing of...”

Marc F Dawson asked this question about Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds:

I understand his drive and callousing of his mind but is there anything he does that makes him happy? It seems as though he is obsessed with proving everyone including himself wrong. Does he do anything for the love of it? Because it makes him feel good? If like to be able to relate to that side of him since I'm not going to become a seal.

Lisa No, I don't think he ever felt happiness or joy about anything. Which is why I ultimately didn't like this book. He's like a hamster spinning on the w…moreNo, I don't think he ever felt happiness or joy about anything. Which is why I ultimately didn't like this book. He's like a hamster spinning on the wheel forever, without ever taking time to enjoy it. (Somehow, legends like Tom Brady can enjoy their Super Bowl championships, but Goggins never seems to be happy about anything.) He also never seemed to spend any time with his child, and had multiple divorces and a crummy family life for much of the book. Ultimately, when it comes to self-help books, you have to ask yourself if you admire or would want that person's life. Who would want to be Goggins? Not me.(less)

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Laurens I don't want to be David Goggins either, but that doesn't mean we can't learn from him, or adopt some of the perspectives and ways of living to enhanc ...more
May 24, 2020 03:34AM · flag

Kara Arbel As someone who has been on the hamster wheel, I think Goggins is describing a way of being that takes achievement off the hamster wheel and makes it a ...more
Jan 11, 2022 02:30AM · flag

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