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David Goggins: Mastering Self-Talk and Visualization
David Goggins, renowned for his motivational prowess, underscores the pivotal role of self-talk and visualization in achieving success. Reflecting on his own experiences, Goggins elucidates how he transformed adversity into motivation during grueling physical trials, such as enduring intense pain during a 19-mile run. Rather than succumbing to negativity, he channeled his suffering into a relentless drive to persevere.
Harnessing Adversity for Motivation
Goggins urges individuals to leverage past hardships as sources of motivation, emphasizing the transformative power of a resilient mindset. Despite enduring a tumultuous upbringing marked by trauma and setbacks, he turned his struggles into stepping stones towards personal growth and achievement.
Resisting the Temptation of Self-Pity
A core theme in Goggins’ message is the danger of self-pity, which he warns can hinder progress and breed a cycle of failure. He advocates for humility and resilience, emphasizing the importance of embracing challenges and menial tasks as opportunities for self-improvement.
Lessons in Humility and Service
Drawing inspiration from individuals like Master Sergeant William Crawford, Goggins highlights the profound strength found in humility and service. He champions a mindset of “trained humility,” which fosters continuous growth and learning throughout life’s journey. Through his insights, Goggins inspires individuals to cultivate inner strength and perseverance in the face of adversity, ultimately empowering them to realize their full potential.
Video Transcript:
the day you stop evaluating yourself the day you stop growing the day you stop getting better is the day you die is the day the person who’s trying to catch you will cat you life and winning is a bunch of Sprints within a marathon bunch of Sprints with within a marathon and you can’t see the end line like in a marathon you know where the end line is and winning that win that race may have an end line but there’s another start line right after people that are really driven and this is just this is not
about money and this isn’t about Fame this is about you could be winning as a school teacher you can be winning as an entrepreneur you could be winning in business you can be winning as an athlete it’s that every single time you sprint to that finish line there’s another start line that’s coming it’s why it never ends it’s a marathon that just keeps going going and going we all think about quitting it’s hard to process information during pain because that pain takes over and you can’t think rationally you’re thinking
about fight ORF flight save yourself that’s not a rational thought it’s not a thought that’s going to get you through hard times most people fail that one second in that one second I start thinking logically I my brain down cuz your brain just wants to get out it’s about gaining control of your mind putting things back in the proper perspective and then saying I really do want to be here and I’m going to have a bunch of these 1 seconds and I have to learn to control these cuz if I fail one of these one
seconds I will not be a seal I will not be a doctor I will not be a lawyer I will not be whatever the [ __ ] it is it’s all about your mind takes control of you you have to say you I run this mother you want to be the best do you know what it means to be the best then you have to continually work on your craft you have to constant work on your craft you can’t just stay complacent you can’t be comfortable you got to get uncomfortable you got to go after it going after it every single day of your life is so important right now
setting yourself back because you’re afraid because you don’t understand there’s a lot of things that none of us understand but that doesn’t mean you stop sometimes you got to learn as you go you got to make the sacrifices every single day of your life stop depending on other people stop depending on your excuses stop setting yourself back instead of setting yourself up and leveling up and get to where you got to go in your life so I’m here to tell you that it will take longer it will be more
difficult it will require more effort on your part but you know what I can tell you about that when you do the hard things you will have a happy and easy life but if you constantly choose to take the path of easy and negotiate and compromise you will have a hard life a hard life that ends with regret I don’t think that it’s optional for us to sit on what we have see if you’re sitting on what you have what you’ve been given I think everybody’s been given something to bring to the planet that only you can do
that only you can perform that only you can initiate that activity and if you don’t do that if you’re not filling in your life with your life work or your mission then there are gaps in your life and what we do when we’re not living out our true identity we begin to feel the gaps we fill the holes with garbage that’s the fear the fear is never Reaching Your Potential it always falling short always quitting before you’re done always procrastinating always not doing the right thing and then one day you’re an old man and you
look back go God I could have been great so I say take ownership take extreme ownership don’t make excuses don’t blame any other person or any other thing get control of your ego don’t hide your delicate Pride from the truth take ownership of everything in your world the good and the bad take ownership of your mistakes take ownership of your shortfalls take ownership of your problems and then take ownership of the solutions that will get those problems solved people don’t burn out people don’t quit people don’t underachieve
people don’t settle because of what they do people burn out people quit people underachieve and people settle because life makes them for get why they do it if we respect it the way we say we respect it if we love it the way we say we love it if we cherish it the way we say we cherish it every single day should be nothing less than excellent you might not always be your best but you can always bring me your best if you could be in control of your decisions and your actions 100% of the time what could you not accomplish and how could
you be held back successful winning is not convenient success in winning is not comfortable success and winning in in life is going to be a daily task for you always keep going and always stay focused cuz that’s that’s the mentality that you have to have is that it’s never finished it is never finished your life won’t change unless you change you were put on this Earth to do great things I strongly believe that all of us were put here to uplift ourselves and others and experience joy every single
day of Our Lives I think many of us have gotten distracted by the many perceived problems of the world and in doing so we have taken our Focus away from the positive possibilities we can’t discover solutions by focusing on problems and so it comes down to one thing we must choose to direct our energy towards positive outcomes it’s the only way to create positive results as you gain new experiences and continue to focus on improving yourself you will slowly evolve into a greater version of yourself however this process never
stops there is no end to your growth it is important to avoid viewing your efforts as a means to an end because that will make it very difficult for you to enjoy the process called life having a destination in mind is very important but try to see that destination as a stepping stone rather than a a final destination the good news is that life does get easier as long as you continually force yourself to improve there will come a time when it will seem as if your efforts have culminated to a final resting place that I like to call
self-reliance Alliance but it is actually just the place where things become effortless and every moment becomes a joy this is a state that I have been referring to as extreme confidence it is not a cocky arrogant way of being but rather a state of needing nothing this is what we all desire whether we consciously know it or not self-reliance is something achieved by very few but it is the mark of true confidence a self-reliant person does not feel the need to impress others with his or her achievements or knowledge a
self-reliant person feels whole and complete and does things for no other reason than wanting to do them selfreliance could be described as a lack of ego this doesn’t imply that a self-reliant person is completely enlightened although they might be but rather goes to explain La that they have reached a point where they are at peace with themselves this is what most of us really want when you realize that each area of your life affects each and every other area of your life you will feel impowered and motivated to take more
action even the smallest Improvement in one area of your life will improve other areas of your life that seem totally unrelated for example the food you put in your body affects the chemistry of your brain and makes you feel happier and more energetic an increase in mood and energy can potentially benefit your social life because you will act more outgoing and enthusiastic people will want to be around you more because of your positive energy which could potentially lead to a career opportunity of some sort which in turn benefits your
financial situation which in turn makes you even happier and more positive which leads you to make even better choices one simple decision can change your life life forever ultimately you are the creator of your own reality decisions we make them every day and with every decision we make good or bad our lives are defined just a little more because decisions ultimately shape our destiny knowing this why do some of us continue to make questionable decisions it might seem like the proverbial angel and devil on each shoulder who want to sway you in
one direction or the other every decision we make is dependent on our values we make decisions that lean toward pleasure we also make decisions that move us away from things we’ve determined are not as pleasurable the need to avoid pain and seek pleasure drives everything we do people will do more to avoid pain than they will do to gain pleasure what lengths will we go to it all depends on our standards and our focus better decision making begins with self-awareness the ability to identify and express our emotions and thoughts
learning what drives our decisions is the first step toward total control of our emotions and lives there are three surprising factors that drive all the decisions we make what you focus on you feel and it’s what drives decision-making like nothing else can will you make decisions out of fear or out of positivity hope and love will you focus on on the past and let it Define you or will you let it go every moment of Our Lives we’re answering three crucial questions the first question is what are you going to focus on do you focus on
what you can control or what you can’t control to engage in better decision making we must shift our Focus to what we can control do you focus more on things from the past present or future to enjoy the the moment and build an extraordinary future you must balance between present and future but let go of the past the second question is what meaning will you give to this experience is this the end or the beginning is this a punishment or a gift meaning is everything and it defines the third question what am I going to do
with this experience if you think think you’re being punished you’re going to react in a different way than if you’re seeing it as a gift you are the architect of your life and the way you choose to experience that life is what drives your decisions many people think that what drives decision making is a matter of self-control but Studies have shown that self-control is either hardwired or it’s not and it can be depleted therefore self-control is not as reliable as our standards higher standards lead to
better decision making raise your standards or make a shift in your beliefs and values and then you will make the right choices when you have a decision whether it’s straightforward or complicated you often know what the correct choice is but what option do you choose the difference between two people who make opposite decisions in any given scenario is their own standards to write that report grab that cookie or not it’s all dependent on how high your standards are ultimately what drives decision-making is also linked to the
level of hunger you have Achievers those people who are determined to succeed have a hunger for success and as such will make better decisions because their standards are so high it’s not self-control it’s their high standards that push them forward achiev use failure to push through instead of letting it push them down someone on the other end of the spectrum might blame their failures on lack of self-control but they don’t have the hunger or the high level of values to push through however these values can be learned
raising your standards values or beliefs is not as hard as it may seem did you ever think about where your values come from they come from other people it’s said that we take a little piece of everyone we have in our lives you decided to keep the values and standards of various people you like unconsciously modeling them and rejecting the values you didn’t like decision shape Destiny and right now you may have a set of standards that isn’t working for you you can change them by consciously evaluating what drives your decisions
keeping what works and getting rid of what doesn’t
