David Howell 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.

David Howell It seems to me that his father ruined him mentally so badly that he is continually trying to prove his father wrong and prove to himself that he is wo…moreIt seems to me that his father ruined him mentally so badly that he is continually trying to prove his father wrong and prove to himself that he is worth more than how his father made him feel. This probably drives him more than anything else, even if only subconsciously. The early chapters about his life growing up with that monster of a man were hard to read. Reminds me of Tiger Woods (see the book by Jeff Benedict: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... ). What's the matter with these men?(less)

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