Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
by David Goggins
View on GoodreadsWhen you think you're finished, you've used only about 40 percent of what you can do, according to David Goggins. The memoir, co-written with Adam Skolnick, is his evidence: an abusive, impoverished childhood, an overweight and stalled young adulthood, and then Navy SEAL training, Army Ranger School and more than seventy ultra-distance races.
Core ideas
- Where it starts: An abusive childhood in Buffalo, then racism and struggles with learning after he moved with his mother to Brazil, Indiana.
- The 40% Rule: Quitting comes long before your real limit, and a mind can be trained to push past that first signal to stop.
- Proof by endurance: A former pull-up record of 4,030 in 17 hours and top-five finishes at Badwater are offered as evidence the method works.
Published2018
Pages366
ISBN1544512260
ReadFeb 2025
