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Are You Getting Better or Worse?
An important lesson of self-improvement from David Goggins
If you’ve never heard of David Goggins, you’re in for a treat.
Describing him in just a few words is complicated so I invite you to check his Wikipedia page or, even better, his aptly titled memoir Can’t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds.
I am currently finishing the Audiobook which contains exchanges with him on top of the original text. 13 hours and a half of pure gold.
He’s been a SEAL, an ultra-marathoner and once held the world record for most pull-ups done in 24 hours. Was he gifted at birth? Definitely not.
His early life was a mess and he was obese when he started trying to get in the army. Yet, he slowly discovered his biggest strength: his mindset.
His memoir goes into details of all the hardships he went through his life but one thing is clear throughout the book: he developed the unbreakable spirit that got him where he is today.
One thing he said between chapters in the audiobook struck a chord with me more than anything else though:
“If you’re not moving forward, either you’re getting better or you’re getting worse. If you’re telling…
