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David Goggins's ideas on Work, collected in one place with clear source context.
"You are in danger of living a life so comfortable and soft that you will die without ever realizing your true potential."
"Pain unlocks a secret doorway in the mind, one that leads to both peak performance, and beautiful silence."
"Motivation is crap. Motivation comes and goes. When you’re driven, whatever is in front of you will get destroyed."
"You have to build callouses on your brain just like you build them on your hands."
"Most of this generation quits the second they get talked to. It's so easy to be great nowadays because most people are weak."
"Work like someone is trying to take everything from you."
"The most important conversation you’ll ever have is the one you have with yourself."
"It’s a lot more than just mind over matter. It takes relentless self-discipline."
"Greatness is not a permanent state. You have to work for it every single day."
"The ticket to victory is often won by the person who stays in the game the longest."
"The only person who was going to turn my life around was me."
"If you're willing to suffer, and I mean suffer, your brain and body will eventually adapt."
"I want to see how far I can go."
"You gotta be your own hero."
"You are the leader of your own life."
"Self-talk and visualization are the keys to my success."
"If you want to get better, do the things that no one else wants to do."
"You have to stay in the fight."
"The mind is the most powerful weapon you have."
"I don't care what you've done. What are you doing today?"
"Everything in life is a mind game."
"We live in a world where a lot of people need motivation. But motivation is a feeling that comes and goes."
"You have to find the discipline to do the work even when you don't feel like it."
"The accountability mirror is where you face your own BS."
"There is no finish line."
"If you're not doing the work, you're just dreaming."
"Outwork your own potential."
"It’s not about the trophy. It’s about the work you put in when no one is watching."
"When you think that you are done, you're only 40% into what your body's capable of doing."
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