SUMMARY and ANALYSIS: CANT HURT ME; Key Takeaway and Analysis by David Gollins
- ISBN-10
- ISBN-13
- 9798664085693
- Series
- SUMMARY and ANALYSIS
- Pages
- 55
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-07-06
- Author
- Gulf Publishers
Description
Can't Hurt Me is a best-selling book by David Goggins, considered by many to be the toughest man alive: a retired Navy Seal, Goggins is an ultra-marathoner and the Guiness World Record holder for most number of pull-ups completed in twenty-four hours. Part memoir, part self-help book, Goggins starts with a "warning order" to the reader, in a military style. The "situation" is a familiar one: speaking to people who are living a comfortable life that blocks them from realizing their potential, he sets the following "mission": unshackle your mind, stop thinking like a victim, own all aspects of your life and build an unbreakable foundation. The "execution" is to read the book cover to cover, study it and accept the ten challenges, practicing them with dedication until it hurts--and until the task is completed. With this dynamic introduction, Goggins lays out his life story, a truly grueling start to life, living in government-subsidized housing and suffering from debilitating depression. Despite having been dealt these terrible cards, Goggins managed to become an elite athlete with more than sixty extreme races to his name. Thanks to this transformative experience, he believes he is living proof that there is no limit to what mental toughness can achieve. Although many academics believe in genetic limitations, Goggins disagrees: he argues that through study, habit and stories, humans are capable of change. When driven to their maximum capacity, people can overcome any obstacle. For Goggins, racism, sexism, injuries, divorce, depression, obesity, tragedy or poverty, can fuel a personal transformation. Bringing together his dramatic, never-say-die story with practical advice for the reader, Goggins invites his readers to "go to war" with themselves.
