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harmeenp 's review for:
Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
by David Goggins
I thought a lot about what rating to give this and landed on 3.5. It wasn’t that I didn’t find inspiration in this (in fact I ran my best interval run after finishing this) but it was just that a lot of it seemed a little preachy for reasons it wasn’t meant for. There is no doubt at all that Goggins has accomplished amazing things. No doubt the physical abuse he was at the hands of contributed to the pain threshold and endurance and how he pushes through however it feels he never quite works through his trauma. Bits where you could see humility shine through him were seriously so inspired.
I would say it’s important to cherry pick the advice you take from this - as running or doing any sport really with no training is silly to do and not helpful. I also don’t believe this was necessarily the take home message . The take home message for me which I loved was to callous your mind through challenges to show yourself you can push through pain, and that a soft tone isn’t always what’s helpful for you. I also liked that he says we often perform at 40% and could probably push for the 60% more (imp to do so without injury though) . Overall I liked it , it’s worth reading but also it’s important to understand which bits are relevant to take away for inspiration and which bits should be taken as the memoir of someone indisputably exceptional who has been through an incredible amount of trauma. I also love that he never gives up and I do have a level of respect for him.
I would say it’s important to cherry pick the advice you take from this - as running or doing any sport really with no training is silly to do and not helpful. I also don’t believe this was necessarily the take home message . The take home message for me which I loved was to callous your mind through challenges to show yourself you can push through pain, and that a soft tone isn’t always what’s helpful for you. I also liked that he says we often perform at 40% and could probably push for the 60% more (imp to do so without injury though) . Overall I liked it , it’s worth reading but also it’s important to understand which bits are relevant to take away for inspiration and which bits should be taken as the memoir of someone indisputably exceptional who has been through an incredible amount of trauma. I also love that he never gives up and I do have a level of respect for him.