Can't Hurt Me
David Goggins's memoir: abuse, obesity, three Hell Weeks and the tools he built on the way
Goggins's 2018 memoir, self-published after he turned down a publishing offer, covers an abusive childhood, a 297-pound low point, three attempts at SEAL Hell Week and a second career in ultrarunning. Each chapter ends with a challenge for the reader, and the accountability mirror, the cookie jar and the 40% rule all come from it. His site pitches it around the claim that most people use about 40 percent of what they have.
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Retired Navy SEAL · Can't Hurt Me
His 2018 memoir. He told Outside he self-published it after turning down a $300,000 offer, saying he would not relive that story for the money.
Source: Outside: David Goggins Wrote the Game Plan for Peak Performance - Zac EfronDiscusses
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Out of training in Australia, he read a lot. Men's Health reports that David Goggins and the stay hard doctrine landed with him particularly hard after he got through this one.
Source: Men's Health: Zac Efron Interview on His Career, His Health, and His Next Movie
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