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4.13 AVERAGE
4.13 AVERAGE
David Goggins is a beast and just gave me a new perspective on life and what the future holds. Callous the mind and keep going, life is going to throw all types of obstacles at us but how we react to them is on us!
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Cannot give a memoir less than 5 stars but I have read better memoirs. The book made me rethink what my body is capable of and I realized through running that it is really more than I thought.
Besides the fact that David has a white man telling his story saying the n word multiple times, which rubbed me the wrong way… he has this mentality of productivity that I don’t agree with. I also saw in someone else’s review he claims that he “sounded like a whiny bitch, but I knew finding some comfort would help me hem my vagina.” I do believe there’s some gems in this so I’ll look at the top quotes from this, but I have an idea that this book won’t resonate with me in the way I thought it would.
Wow wow wow. A must read. Incredibly inspiring and motivating. Makes me want to get my butt up and run
3.5 round up
This book was recommended to me by a friend of mine to help with a shift in mindset as I start to face some difficult and physically painful times.
What I loved:
The book is absolutely a bro book, and oozes testosterone. BUT it has so many vital lessons and insights throughout it that literally anyone and everyone could benefit from.
His story is truly inspiring. He has overcome a lifetime of struggle and is living, walking (on broken legs) proof that you can do anything if you’re willing to push yourself and your mind to.
I definitely agree that as humans, we severely limit ourselves. We half ass as much as we can to get to results faster. We don’t want to leave our comfort zones. We give into fear more than we work towards our potential. There's a drive in all of us that wants us to test our boundaries and do something more. He's got a lot of great advice on how to nurture that drive.
There has been so much from this book that has been going through my mind as I’ve been dealing with my own challenges. I’ve definitely had it in my head at the gym, when my pain is at its worst, and when my mind finds itself being sucked into negative thought loops, and I’ve been able to counter all of it and work through it so much more than before. I’ve been more motivated. I’ve been feeling mentally stronger. And I’ve been feeling so much more grounded after reading this book.
What I didn’t love:
I feel like he purposely sought out pain to overcome by giving himself all of these extreme physical challenges. One reason, I think he is drawn to pain because it’s familiar. He grew up with pain, abuse, brutality, and he overcame it. It’s all he has ever known how to do, so he seeks out more painful situations that he could overcome. THAT was and is his comfort: overcoming pain. Which I know contradicts his message about leaving comfort behind, but I think deep down all he has known throughout his life is pain, and his immense sense of pride and need to prove to himself that he can and will always endure is what motivated him the most. While it’s admirable to want to push yourself to new heights and limits, and break them all over again, I was disappointed at all of the times he dove into things unprepared. I do believe he learned his lesson about that, but it took him a while. To go into so many of these situations, succeeding or not, only to break himself further and end up in an emergency room because he didn’t approach his challenges in healthier ways…I think he could have succeeded even more and overcome even more if he prepared himself more intelligently, and definitely if he focused more on the psychological aspects of these challenges. That, and if he learned from medical professionals or non-lousy physios or physical therapists, he could have been so much more prepared. You can build up as much muscle around an injury as you want. But in the long run, if something breaks and isn’t given the time to heal, it will only get worse. I wish he would have considered how these outcomes would have affected him in the long-term, but instead he focused on the short-term in order to achieve his goals, no matter the cost.
This fucking line. "I need to hem my vagina."
Look. I get it. It’s part of the culture and the language to call each other pussies and compare weakness to vaginas. But come on
This book was recommended to me by a friend of mine to help with a shift in mindset as I start to face some difficult and physically painful times.
What I loved:
The book is absolutely a bro book, and oozes testosterone. BUT it has so many vital lessons and insights throughout it that literally anyone and everyone could benefit from.
His story is truly inspiring. He has overcome a lifetime of struggle and is living, walking (on broken legs) proof that you can do anything if you’re willing to push yourself and your mind to.
I definitely agree that as humans, we severely limit ourselves. We half ass as much as we can to get to results faster. We don’t want to leave our comfort zones. We give into fear more than we work towards our potential. There's a drive in all of us that wants us to test our boundaries and do something more. He's got a lot of great advice on how to nurture that drive.
There has been so much from this book that has been going through my mind as I’ve been dealing with my own challenges. I’ve definitely had it in my head at the gym, when my pain is at its worst, and when my mind finds itself being sucked into negative thought loops, and I’ve been able to counter all of it and work through it so much more than before. I’ve been more motivated. I’ve been feeling mentally stronger. And I’ve been feeling so much more grounded after reading this book.
What I didn’t love:
I feel like he purposely sought out pain to overcome by giving himself all of these extreme physical challenges. One reason, I think he is drawn to pain because it’s familiar. He grew up with pain, abuse, brutality, and he overcame it. It’s all he has ever known how to do, so he seeks out more painful situations that he could overcome. THAT was and is his comfort: overcoming pain. Which I know contradicts his message about leaving comfort behind, but I think deep down all he has known throughout his life is pain, and his immense sense of pride and need to prove to himself that he can and will always endure is what motivated him the most. While it’s admirable to want to push yourself to new heights and limits, and break them all over again, I was disappointed at all of the times he dove into things unprepared. I do believe he learned his lesson about that, but it took him a while. To go into so many of these situations, succeeding or not, only to break himself further and end up in an emergency room because he didn’t approach his challenges in healthier ways…I think he could have succeeded even more and overcome even more if he prepared himself more intelligently, and definitely if he focused more on the psychological aspects of these challenges. That, and if he learned from medical professionals or non-lousy physios or physical therapists, he could have been so much more prepared. You can build up as much muscle around an injury as you want. But in the long run, if something breaks and isn’t given the time to heal, it will only get worse. I wish he would have considered how these outcomes would have affected him in the long-term, but instead he focused on the short-term in order to achieve his goals, no matter the cost.
This fucking line. "I need to hem my vagina."
Look. I get it. It’s part of the culture and the language to call each other pussies and compare weakness to vaginas. But come on
Goggins' story is very interesting. Were this simply a biography, I'd have rated it higher. The self-help parts of the book I found very boring and not particularly insightful, Goggins' advice probably applies best to people who hate themselves.
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reflective
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challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
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