When David Goggins wanted to join the Navy Seals, he was given three months to lose over 100 pounds. He describes himself at that time as “lazy” with a “victim’s mentality”.

But he dedicated himself to the task with superhuman determination.

How did David Goggins get started? He had a “lightning bolt moment”. In an instant, he committed to making a sudden, radical change.

Goggins’ lightning bolt moment came in the form of a television show about the Navy SEALS. He describes it this way in his book, Can’t Hurt Me:

“The show followed Basic Underwater Demolition SEAL (BUD/S) Training Class 224 through Hell Week: the most arduous series of tasks in the most physically demanding training in the military…

I watched men sweat and suffer… the longer I watched the more certain I became that there were answers buried in all that suffering.”

After watching Navy SEALS surviving Hell Week, Goggins had his moment of realization:

“…after the show ended I walked back to the bathroom, faced the mirror and stared myself down…

[Becoming a SEAL] became an obsession I couldn’t shake.”

David Goggins went on to lose more than 100 pounds in 90 days, make it through Hell Week, and transform his life to become a Navy SEAL.

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