“Callous Your Mind” — David Goggins’ Mantra to Build Mental Toughness
Feeling soft and weak? Here’s how to harden up.
David Goggins is insane.
This retired Navy SEAL has completed several rigorous military training, ran through over 60 ultra-marathons, triathlons, and ultra-triathlons; and once held a world record of “most pull-ups in 24 hours” by doing 4030 pull-ups in 17 hours.
Moreover, he managed to do all those despite having struggled with asthma, obesity, and congenital heart defect (he used to have a hole in his heart).
Many consider him to be the toughest man alive.
In his memoir, Can’t Hurt Me, Goggins wrote about his life’s journey. Growing up with a difficult childhood, suffering through painful medical conditions, surviving hellish training — how these painful things have hardened him and made him who he is today. The memoir contains many profound pieces of advice, such as “the 40% rule” and “the cookie jar.”
Among all of them, the one I find the most helpful is “callous your mind.”
Callous Your Mind
“The reason it’s important to push hardest when you want to quit the most is because it helps you callous…
