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4.12 AVERAGE
4.12 AVERAGE
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I did go back and plow through this book at 2.0 speed and finished it in a day. End the misery as quickly as possible! I can handle a swear word here or there but man, every other word means you never really grew up. Refine the language and maybe I could believe the maturity you've achieved. David has to be the most self absorbed individual I've read about.
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This is the second biography I’ve ever read (shoutout Obama) and I didn’t have much expectations for this book. I was familiar with David Goggins and I thought there could be a lesson or two in self-discipline that I could gleam from this book. With that said, this book is very well written and left me feeling like I could run through a wall by the end of it.
As you can imagine, you learn a lot about Goggins in this book even if you know a lot about him already. Of the things I liked about this book, the first thing has to be that it’s 100% written in his voice. It’s very easy to picture him saying all of the things written in this book. Also, it’s well organized and flows smoothly which made reading a chunk of this book at a time quite easy.
The thing that I didn’t expect and really appreciated in this book was how self-aware he is. He’s honest about his fuck ups and the times when he took on a shitty mindset throughout the book. He understands that he is very unusual and that can be very off-putting to people, including in ways may have been detrimental to his personal life career. He owns up to his failures and where he may have went wrong throughout his life. But through it all he emphasizes picking yourself back up and getting after it again, again, and again. It’s this perspective that made me really appreciate what he had to say and the way he sees his life. I personally don’t think a I could life exactly like his and be happy, but I can definitely take some valuable lessons from his life and apply them to my own to make myself a more confident, disciplined leader.
If I had to pick on things I didn’t like in this book it would probably be the hashtags (#canthurtme) and the lack of focus on how his lifestyle affected his love life. His ex-wives come and go throughout the book and I’d be interested to hear what he thinks of himself as a husband and father. But I can understand why he left this topic out considering this book seems to double as a self-help book and this topic doesn’t mesh well with self-help. Other than that, I got more out of this book than I originally thought I would have and plan on revisiting it as I continue to train for my half-marathon later this month.
As you can imagine, you learn a lot about Goggins in this book even if you know a lot about him already. Of the things I liked about this book, the first thing has to be that it’s 100% written in his voice. It’s very easy to picture him saying all of the things written in this book. Also, it’s well organized and flows smoothly which made reading a chunk of this book at a time quite easy.
The thing that I didn’t expect and really appreciated in this book was how self-aware he is. He’s honest about his fuck ups and the times when he took on a shitty mindset throughout the book. He understands that he is very unusual and that can be very off-putting to people, including in ways may have been detrimental to his personal life career. He owns up to his failures and where he may have went wrong throughout his life. But through it all he emphasizes picking yourself back up and getting after it again, again, and again. It’s this perspective that made me really appreciate what he had to say and the way he sees his life. I personally don’t think a I could life exactly like his and be happy, but I can definitely take some valuable lessons from his life and apply them to my own to make myself a more confident, disciplined leader.
If I had to pick on things I didn’t like in this book it would probably be the hashtags (#canthurtme) and the lack of focus on how his lifestyle affected his love life. His ex-wives come and go throughout the book and I’d be interested to hear what he thinks of himself as a husband and father. But I can understand why he left this topic out considering this book seems to double as a self-help book and this topic doesn’t mesh well with self-help. Other than that, I got more out of this book than I originally thought I would have and plan on revisiting it as I continue to train for my half-marathon later this month.
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I'm familiar with David Goggins through social media and decided to read to this on a plane ride to SF from NYC.
The beginning of the book is really the most captivating and saddest part of the story. Hearing about David's upbringing is really sad, and it's clear the man has suffered through a lot of trauma in his life.
The book falters in the later half, and becomes pretty tough to read. I really resonated a lot more with hearing about his journey through marine bootcamp and losing the weight.
As I reflect on the book a few months after reading it, I think the most useful piece of advice is the "cookie jar" idea David talks about (effectively a gratitude jar but in your mind!). The rest of the book didn't really resonate with me as far as self-improvement or self-values go. I think it's worth at least the read for the first half, maybe skip or stop when it gets to the point where David runs the 100 miler.
The beginning of the book is really the most captivating and saddest part of the story. Hearing about David's upbringing is really sad, and it's clear the man has suffered through a lot of trauma in his life.
The book falters in the later half, and becomes pretty tough to read. I really resonated a lot more with hearing about his journey through marine bootcamp and losing the weight.
As I reflect on the book a few months after reading it, I think the most useful piece of advice is the "cookie jar" idea David talks about (effectively a gratitude jar but in your mind!). The rest of the book didn't really resonate with me as far as self-improvement or self-values go. I think it's worth at least the read for the first half, maybe skip or stop when it gets to the point where David runs the 100 miler.
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I stopped reading this at the moment they discussed the death of the NAVY Seal during training. I have a lot of respect and sympathy for Goggin's story and I think he's a remarkable human being. Sure, being mentally tough is amazing, but it's not worth so much single focus that it out-prioritises your LIFE or *family*. It doesn't surprise me at all that his daughter doesn't speak to him/that they're on horrible terms. This book is a cautionary tale on what happens when you value toughness over all else without balance.
The audiobook is probably more in-depth than the normal book because it has a conversation like commentary at multiple points during the book which allow for deeper explanation.
Not for all but interesting take on life
Not for all but interesting take on life
challenging
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inspiring
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I started reading this book at the beginning of my 75 Hard Challenge it was extremely inspiring and has really changed my life.