Years ago, I was invited to be on a panel at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. We all have the potential to be so much more.
Odds are you have had a much better childhood than I did, and even now might have a damn decent life, but no matter who you are, who your parents are or were, where you live, what you do for a living, or how much money you have, you’re probably living at about 40 percent of your true capability. So I sought out pain, fell in love with suffering, and eventually transformed myself from the weakest piece of shit on the planet into the hardest man God ever created, or so I tell myself. The bad hand that was my life was mine, and mine alone to fix. It won’t amplify your voice or uplift your life.
Even the best pep talk or self-help hack is nothing but a temporary fix. It’s how our brains are wired, which is why motivation is crap. It’s as natural as a sunset and as fundamental as gravity. But the truth is we all make habitual, self-limiting choices.
When life is like that it’s easy to drift and continue to make the same comfortable choices that are killing you, over and over again. It grabs you, sucks you under, and won’t let go. Very few people know how the bottom feels, but I do. I lived life at the bottom of the barrel, and my future forecast was bleak as fuck. We were once poor, surviving on welfare, living in government-subsidized housing, and my depression was smothering. I was born broken, grew up with beat downs, was tormented in school, and called nigger more times than I could count. I know this because I meet and hear from them all the time, and because just like you, I used to be one of them. In every town, in every country, all over the world, millions roam the streets, dead-eyed as zombies, addicted to comfort, embracing a victim’s mentality and unaware of their true potential. NAVY SEALS, RETIRED INTRODUCTION Do you know who you really are and what you’re capable of? I’m sure you think so, but just because you believe something doesn’t make it true. BY COMMAND OF: DAVID GOGGINS SIGNED: RANK AND SERVICE: CHIEF, U.S. CLASSIFIED: This is the origin story of a hero. This mission is about being better and having a greater impact on the world. This mission is not about making yourself feel better. If you do your job to the best of your ability, this will hurt. Study the techniques within, accept all ten challenges. SITUATION: You are in danger of living a life so comfortable and soft that you will die without ever realizing your true potential. WHAT IF? ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR WARNING ORDER TIME ZONE: 24/7 TASK ORGANIZATION: SOLO MISSION 1. ISBN: 978-1-5445-1226-6 To the unrelenting voice in my head that will never allow me to stop. Citation previewĬOPYRIGHT © 2018 GOGGINS BUILT NOT BORN, LLC All rights reserved.
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