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4.13 AVERAGE
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slow-paced
If you've read books like Jocko Willink's book then I'm not sure this moves the needle much, but a good book if you have zero motivation and a bunch of execuses.
Mission 1: Write Down All Your Difficulties
Mission 2: Own The Truth Of Your Shortcomings
Mission 3: Do All The Things That Make You Uncomfortable
Mission 4: Choose Any Competitive Situation, Pick Your Opponent & Beat Them With Excellence
Mission 5: Visualize & Include Challenges, Why You’re Doing It, What’s The Fuel
Mission 6: Build Your Cookie Jar Of Accomplishments & Use For Motivation
Mission 7: Remove The Governor From Your Brain With Constant Incremental Growth
Mission 8: Schedule Your Life To Make The Most Out Of Your Life
Mission 9: Sustain Greatness By Staying In Constant Pursuit
Mission 10: Write All Failures, Learn From Them & Go At It Again
Mission 1: Write Down All Your Difficulties
Mission 2: Own The Truth Of Your Shortcomings
Mission 3: Do All The Things That Make You Uncomfortable
Mission 4: Choose Any Competitive Situation, Pick Your Opponent & Beat Them With Excellence
Mission 5: Visualize & Include Challenges, Why You’re Doing It, What’s The Fuel
Mission 6: Build Your Cookie Jar Of Accomplishments & Use For Motivation
Mission 7: Remove The Governor From Your Brain With Constant Incremental Growth
Mission 8: Schedule Your Life To Make The Most Out Of Your Life
Mission 9: Sustain Greatness By Staying In Constant Pursuit
Mission 10: Write All Failures, Learn From Them & Go At It Again
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Wow! Words can not explain how much I loved this book! Goggins is pure inspiration in his goal of being “uncommon amongst uncommon people.” He shows you how to overcome and be tough, push past your own insecurities and rough patches.
This is one of the most incredible stories I’ve ever read! David Goggins’ has taught me so much and I hope I get to apply all his lessons in my life. I could not recommend this book more 15/10!!!!
David is one crazy crazy dude. He is one of the rare people who have succeeded in flogging themselves into greatness. For most people, being hard on yourself is not the ticket to achieving success. Such behavior results in a downward mental spiral that eventually depletes all energy needed for achievement. Everyone has experience of "putting their nose to the grindstone" and "buckling down". This kind of "monk mode" is never sustainable though since it is only done to achieve a goal, and deep down the "monk" knows that he is not enjoying the process. Goggins has somehow succeeded in turning suffering and self-abuse into fuel. Instead of seeking goals and withstanding the suffering, he seeks the suffering as the goal. He has radically redefined his values and what constitutes a meaningful life.
While this makes for terrific reading, it is only inspirational to some extent. All of us are living well below our potential, but Goggins' approach will not result in success for most people. I've tried being hard on myself to achieve more (as has almost everyone). This has never resulted in achieving much other than occasional short term results. What has worked for me is a long term mindset of incremental improvement and growth month after month, year after year. After any setback, I don't beat myself up or "buckle down", I look at what failed, and create a plan that will avoid such failure in the future. For most people, achieving success is more about creating quality life processes, not mentally pushing yourself beyond your limits day after day.
To be fair, Goggins does periodically touch on creating quality processes to achieve goals. Zone 2 training for aerobic improvement, after action reports to determine what went well in a race & what needs to be improved, optimizing routines, getting to bed early, minimizing things in your life that don't align with your values. The main point of the book though is his model of relentless, bullheaded mental tenacity. This model is not achievable for most people though.
The book I started reading after this is all about achieving things through the zen method of surrender and letting go of desire, attachment, and the identification with emotions as "us". Thinking back to Goggins' memoir, it seems that he is motivated purely by anger & fear. Anger at his past, his present state, and all the setbacks in his life. Fear of being stuck a loser his whole life, fear of not achieving his dreams, fear of looking back at his life as a waste, fear of fear itself. He uses anger to motivate himself to take action to avoid the fulfillment of his fears. He seems to be running scared, a victim of his relentless ego. This can be disguised as love of suffering, since the suffering is what temporarily shuts up his ego's fearful message of "you're a loser, and you'll never amount to anything." The ego always comes back and craves more validation though.
I have always found peace by looking at fears and emotions as clouds upon the sky of my awareness and letting them be there but not focusing on them. Trying to eradicate inner weakness is a weakness in itself. Better to identify good values and then live simply in accordance with them, pursuing gradual progression and self-betterment throughout life.
In summary, Goggins' mentality not only won't work, but even if it did, it probably won't be as good as tuning into positive emotions such as love, rather than tuning into fear & suffering as sources of energy. This can be seen in the top ranks everywhere. SEALs, Olympians, CEOs, and ultrarunners all have their share of people trying to prove something to themselves or others. Most of these people are motivated by positive emotions such as love of the game, patriotism, and curiosity of what the limits of business, technology, or their abilities are.
While this makes for terrific reading, it is only inspirational to some extent. All of us are living well below our potential, but Goggins' approach will not result in success for most people. I've tried being hard on myself to achieve more (as has almost everyone). This has never resulted in achieving much other than occasional short term results. What has worked for me is a long term mindset of incremental improvement and growth month after month, year after year. After any setback, I don't beat myself up or "buckle down", I look at what failed, and create a plan that will avoid such failure in the future. For most people, achieving success is more about creating quality life processes, not mentally pushing yourself beyond your limits day after day.
To be fair, Goggins does periodically touch on creating quality processes to achieve goals. Zone 2 training for aerobic improvement, after action reports to determine what went well in a race & what needs to be improved, optimizing routines, getting to bed early, minimizing things in your life that don't align with your values. The main point of the book though is his model of relentless, bullheaded mental tenacity. This model is not achievable for most people though.
The book I started reading after this is all about achieving things through the zen method of surrender and letting go of desire, attachment, and the identification with emotions as "us". Thinking back to Goggins' memoir, it seems that he is motivated purely by anger & fear. Anger at his past, his present state, and all the setbacks in his life. Fear of being stuck a loser his whole life, fear of not achieving his dreams, fear of looking back at his life as a waste, fear of fear itself. He uses anger to motivate himself to take action to avoid the fulfillment of his fears. He seems to be running scared, a victim of his relentless ego. This can be disguised as love of suffering, since the suffering is what temporarily shuts up his ego's fearful message of "you're a loser, and you'll never amount to anything." The ego always comes back and craves more validation though.
I have always found peace by looking at fears and emotions as clouds upon the sky of my awareness and letting them be there but not focusing on them. Trying to eradicate inner weakness is a weakness in itself. Better to identify good values and then live simply in accordance with them, pursuing gradual progression and self-betterment throughout life.
In summary, Goggins' mentality not only won't work, but even if it did, it probably won't be as good as tuning into positive emotions such as love, rather than tuning into fear & suffering as sources of energy. This can be seen in the top ranks everywhere. SEALs, Olympians, CEOs, and ultrarunners all have their share of people trying to prove something to themselves or others. Most of these people are motivated by positive emotions such as love of the game, patriotism, and curiosity of what the limits of business, technology, or their abilities are.