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David Goggins's ideas on Consistency, collected in one place with clear source context.
"The only way you gain mental toughness is to do things you’re not happy doing."
"You are in danger of living a life so comfortable and soft that you will die without ever realizing your true potential."
"I’m not crazy. I’m just not you."
"If you can get through doing things that you hate to do, on the other side is greatness."
"When you think you're done, you're only at 40% of your body's capability."
"Mental toughness is a lifestyle."
"If you want to be one of the few, you have to do what the few do."
"Greatness pulls mediocrity into the mud. Get out there and get after it."
"You have to be willing to go to war with yourself and create a whole new identity."
"I don't stop when I'm tired, I stop when I'm done."
"It’s about what you do when you’re not motivated."
"A warrior is a guy that goes, 'I'm here again today. I'll be here again tomorrow and the next day.' It's a person who puts no limit on what is possible."
"Don't focus on what you think you deserve. Take aim on what you are willing to earn."
"Nobody cares what you did yesterday. What have you done today to better yourself?"
"Motivation is crap. Motivation comes and goes. When you’re driven, whatever is in front of you will get destroyed."
"There is no finish line. There is always more to do, more to learn, and more to achieve."
"When you think that you are done, you're only 40% into what your body's capable of doing. That's just the limits that we put on ourselves."
"The worst thing that can happen to a man is to become civilized."
"Everyone wants some magic pill—some life hack—that eliminates the need to do the work. But that does not exist."
"Be the guy who is up early, hitting it hard while everyone else is sleeping."
"We live in a world where a lot of people need motivation. But motivation is a feeling that comes and goes."
"Greatness is not a permanent state. You have to work for it every single day."
"You have to build calluses on your brain just like how you build calluses on your hands. Callus your mind through pain and suffering."
"The only way that you’re ever going to get to the other side of this journey is by suffering. You have to suffer in order to grow."
"We have the ability to go in such a space, if you're willing to suffer, and I mean suffer, your brain and your body once connected together, can do anything."
"The standard is the standard. And the standard is perfection. You won't always hit it, but you aim for it every single time."
"Self-discipline is self-love. If you want to be happy, you have to love yourself, which means you have to discipline your behavior."
"Be the guy who is up early, getting after it, when everyone else is still asleep. That gives you the edge."
"You can’t hack into the potential you haven’t developed. There are no shortcuts."
"Roger That. It means I heard you, I understand, and I am executing. No complaints."
"It takes a specific kind of mindset to continue when you are in pain. You have to be obsessed."
"Your mind has to be stronger than your feelings."
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