

Make The Hard Decisions.
6 snips Aug 27, 2025
In a compelling conversation with David Goggins, a retired Navy SEAL and renowned ultra-endurance athlete, the duo explores the grit required to make hard decisions. Goggins emphasizes discipline and mindset as vital for overcoming challenges. He urges listeners to act decisively, especially in uncertain times, and highlights the transformational power of persistent effort. By embracing adversity, he advocates turning discomfort into resilience, encouraging a shift from overthinking to meaningful action.
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Choose Discipline Over Motivation
- Use discipline, not motivation, to do hard things repeatedly and build mental armor.
- Show up and grind daily even when motivation is gone to become your best self.
You Compete With Your 'Evil Twin'
- Your 'evil twin' who makes better choices exists whenever you skip hard work.
- Audit and control your thoughts to master influence and behavior.
'What If I Can Pull This Off' Moment
- Goggins recalls entering ultra-runs broken in body and spirit yet imagining a miracle to push on.
- He used the 'what if I can pull this off' mentality to keep going through extreme pain.