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Modern Wisdom

#577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.74.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2023

⏱️ 115 minutes

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Summary

David Goggins is a retired United States Navy SEAL, ultramarathon runner, triathlete, public speaker and an author.

The ability to overcome challenges in life is one we will all need sooner or later. Make no mistake, discomfort is coming for you whether you're ready or not. Goggins happens to be one of the best individuals on earth at dealing with hard things and after a long time without any podcast appearances, I met him in Vegas to find out what new insights he's uncovered.

Expect to learn what most people get wrong about motivation, Goggins' thoughts on claims that SEAL selection is too hard, what the most painful experience of his life was, the danger of success making you soft, why he ran the MOAB 240 twice with no knee cartilage, why he recorded a mixtape of insults from the internet, how to overcome laziness, what David's entire daily routine looks like and much more...

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello everybody, welcome back to the show. My guest today is David Goggins, he's a retired

0:05.8

United States Navy SEAL, Ultramarathon runner, triathlete, public speaker, and an author.

0:12.0

The ability to overcome challenges in life is one we will all need sooner or later.

0:17.2

Make no mistake, discomfort is coming for you, whether you're ready or not.

0:22.0

Goggins happens to be one of the best individuals on earth at dealing with hard things,

0:27.1

and after a very long time, without any podcast appearances, I might have been a vagus to find out

0:32.0

what new insights he's uncovered. Expect to learn what most people get wrong about motivation.

0:37.7

Goggins thoughts on claims that SEAL selection is too hard, what the most painful experience

0:42.4

of his life was, the danger of success making you soft, why he ran the Moab 240 twice with

0:48.3

no knee cartilage, why he recorded a mixtape of insults from the internet, how to overcome laziness,

0:53.6

what David's entire daily routine looks like, and much more. This is a very special episode.

1:02.5

I hope that you take absolutely tons away from it. It's open and vulnerable, it's raw,

1:07.3

it's motivational, it's fantastic. The guy is the real deal. However legit, you think David

1:13.4

Goggins is, he's even more legit than that. I can't wait to get this episode out, and if you

1:19.6

fall in love with the audio version, there is a beautiful 4K cinematic production available on

1:25.1

the Chris Williams and YouTube channel, which you can go and check out. Also, I am sorry to say that

1:30.0

this is only one of two podcasts that David will be doing in total for his new book. So he did

1:35.1

Rogan in December, he's doing Modern Wisdom right now, and that's it, and he's going away for

1:40.0

maybe another four years or so. So if you are a David Goggins fan, this is all you're getting,

1:44.8

and if you would like to say thank you to me for somehow managing to swindle my way into being

1:49.9

one of only two podcasts that he did, all that I would ask of you is that you hit the subscribe

1:54.0

button on whatever platform you're listening to. It genuinely does help the show. It makes me very

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