There is a lot to comprehend in this book. It is not my normal "self help" style book. However there are many different angles and perspectives that you can take on the general message. If I can quickly summarize the lesson, quit being a b-------. David Goggins had a rough child hood. He grow up in an abusive household with a dad that would beat him, his brothers, and mom. He grew up in an era in Indiana that was known for racism. The book discusses his dark history and the struggle he had. I will be honest, I felt spoiled. I have had an easier life than many. I grew up in a loving family. My dad loves my Mom and would never lay a hand on her. Though I took my share of spankings as a kid. I feel I was never beaten or abused. My spankings were minimal. I was not a perfect kid, but I was a decent kid. Good grades, good friends, and I went to school where I was honestly one of the poorer kids. Kids of all races and backgrounds were well off in our area of Newnan, GA. Some people had it better than others, but there was nothing lack in our education system. We did not have mass racism where I grew up. It was a school where the black kid drove a BMW, and was a cool kid, just like any other, and I was there in my 1992 Chevrolet Corsica. To grow up in a world where I did not see lots of racism made this back story difficult to me. I do live blindly as to what happens around me. I am not a social justice warrior. I do no longer get involved with politics and steer clear of social justice questions. I want people to live free as they are, period. I do not want anything more, nothing less, and where I grew up, that opportunity was there. To hear David's experience growing up in his small town his horrifying. Being called Racial slurs constantly and falling behind in every way. He spent most of his life faking his reality. Pretending to be thug to live up to the stereotype of black people by racist whites, faking it in school to barely get by, and pretending not to care about his state of mind. Meanwhile his reality was crashing around him. The book gives his life stories from working in a skate rink as a child, being abused by his father, to learning how to fake it in school, and when he finally saw his first challenge in life, how he achieved his first goal he set out for that he put his mind on and all of the failures along the way. There were MANY, and I emphasize many errors and shortcomings along the way. He provides a detailed look at his failures and how he over came them. He had to study harder than ever, work out harder than ever, and focus beyond measure as he went from Navy drop out turned EcoLab pest manager to becoming a Navy Seal. Once he achieved that dream, which took many months of focus, including dropping 100 lbs, and becoming a more studious person, something he already struggled with. He went on to achieve many things in his career and is constantly pursuing new goals to push him to find himself. Through the book he gives many life lessons and tricks. I wanted to share my favorites: 1.) Accepting failure. Failure is natural. Dan Pena once said " Success is like being Pregnant. Everyone says congratulations but no knows how many times you got F%C&D." Success does not fall into your lap. It is earned. With each mistake he made there was something he had to learn and adjust for later in his success. Each failure was a stepping stone. When he failed to reach the pull up world record, he attempted it again, and failed, and then one more time, before he achieved this milestone. He accepted the loss, he learned he needed a better pu
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