Clip of advice from David Goggins on the 20,000 push-up + pull-up in 30 days challenge that I'm doing. See full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZlt2tqHd80

So I actually asked David, what should I do when things get tough?

This is a good fucking question, man, because it's going to get fucking difficult day after day after day.

That's the thing about what you're doing right now.

That's challenging is A lot of motherfuckers can sign up for the fucking 1 day event.

A lot of these CEOs, a lot of these people who don't wanna suffer as a living, who don't wanna suffer as making it a habit, what they do is they go out and they recruit these people to put them through a 2 day, 3 day fucking challenge.

Anybody can do that shit, because your mind can process 2 or 3 fucking days of suck.

What you're doing, my friend, is gonna be damn near a month of suck.

So basically, you're gonna have a lot of days, especially in the morning time.

The mornings when you wake up and your body says, go fuck yourself, because I don't fucking feel like doing this today, and you're gonna look at, because you're running 6 miles a day, I believe.

Which, you know, what's gonna happen to your fucking ass is you're gonna wake up in the morning And you're gonna fucking do what I do people think Oh David God is just wakes the fuck up and he just gets just shit on he gets this fuck at no I don't I don't get up and get after it.

I'll start doing some work and I look at those fucking shoes because why my body's saying go fuck yourself So you have to be able to win the morning?

You have to be able to not allow that to get too deep in your brain And when things get really tough for you when you're out there on like day 17 and your knees are hurting and your back is hurting your shoulders are hurting your elbow get elbow tendonitis and all kind of shit going on.

You got to start remembering your resume.

A lot of people don't remember what the fuck they've accomplished in life.

And at that time of suffering, you have to be able to fucking go through and pull up that fucking who the fuck I am resume and say, oh, for you, I'm sure you studied your fucking ass off for hours and days and years to get where you're at.

I guarantee you did shit harder than this.

And that's basically what you have to go back to, but it's hard to do because in that moment of suffering, all you can fucking think about is getting the fuck out of it.

So you gotta take that 1 second to Pull yourself out of that suffering to have a clear fucking thought.

It's hard to have clear thoughts in the midst of extreme pain and suffering.

Remind yourself of what you've been through back in the past, back in the day, to get to where you're at today.

And then through that process, I guarantee you, your mind and body will say, oh, we got this.

Maybe not in that kind of pain and suffering, but we've been here before in the demons of your own mind.

So that's the best reminder in the world.


Speaker 0: So I actually asked David, what should I do when things get tough?

Speaker 1: This is a good fucking question, man, because it's going to get fucking difficult day after day after day. That's the thing about what you're doing right now. That's challenging is A lot of motherfuckers can sign up for the fucking 1 day event. A lot of people do. A lot of these CEOs, a lot of these people who don't wanna suffer as a living, who don't wanna suffer as making it a habit, what they do is they go out and they recruit these people to put them through a 2 day, 3 day fucking challenge.

Anybody can do that shit, because your mind can process 2 or 3 fucking days of suck. What you're doing, my friend, is gonna be damn near a month of suck. So basically, you're gonna have a lot of days, especially in the morning time. The mornings when you wake up and your body says, go fuck yourself, because I don't fucking feel like doing this today, and you're gonna look at, because you're running 6 miles a day, I believe. Which, you know, what's gonna happen to your fucking ass is you're gonna wake up in the morning And you're gonna fucking do what I do people think Oh David God is just wakes the fuck up and he just gets just shit on he gets this fuck at no I don't I don't get up and get after it.

I look at my shoes sometimes for hours. I pass them. I go, I get something to drink. I go to the bathroom. I watch TV.

I'll start doing some work and I look at those fucking shoes because why my body's saying go fuck yourself So you have to be able to win the morning? You have to be able to not allow that to get too deep in your brain And when things get really tough for you when you're out there on like day 17 and your knees are hurting and your back is hurting your shoulders are hurting your elbow get elbow tendonitis and all kind of shit going on. You got to start remembering your resume. A lot of people don't remember what the fuck they've accomplished in life. And at that time of suffering, you have to be able to fucking go through and pull up that fucking who the fuck I am resume and say, oh, for you, I'm sure you studied your fucking ass off for hours and days and years to get where you're at.

I guarantee you did shit harder than this. And that's basically what you have to go back to, but it's hard to do because in that moment of suffering, all you can fucking think about is getting the fuck out of it. So you gotta take that 1 second to Pull yourself out of that suffering to have a clear fucking thought. It's hard to have clear thoughts in the midst of extreme pain and suffering. Find that clear thought.

Remind yourself of what you've been through back in the past, back in the day, to get to where you're at today. So that's what I do. It's a counseling reminder. And then through that process, I guarantee you, your mind and body will say, oh, we got this. We've been here before.

Maybe not in that kind of pain and suffering, but we've been here before in the demons of your own mind. So that's the best reminder in the world. You

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David Goggins: Win the Morning