![]() I am not a genius like those professors at MIT, but I am that One Warrior. Only you can master your mind, which is what it takes to live a bold life filled with accomplishments most people consider beyond their capability. But it is up to you to equip yourself for the battle ahead. You also become eligible to find your greatness and become the One Warrior. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior…įrom the time you take your first breath, you become eligible to die. Out of every one hundred men, he wrote, ten shouldn’t even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Heraclitus, a philosopher born in the Persian Empire back in the fifth century BC, had it right when he wrote about men on the battlefield. That anybody can become a totally different person and achieve what so-called experts like him claim is impossible, but it takes a lot of heart, will, and an armored mind. I went on to explain what I knew from experience. There will always be the 1 percent of us who are willing to put in the work to defy the odds. What you said is true for most people, but not 100 percent. There’s something to be said for living it instead of studying it, I said, then turned toward the professor. And if you ask me a direct question, I won’t be shy. I’d been quiet until then because I was surrounded by all these smart people, feeling stupid, but someone in the audience noticed the look on my face and asked if I agreed. It was also a bunch of nonsense, and to me he was using science to let us all off the hook. ![]() When we hit our genetic ceiling, he said, mental toughness doesn’t enter into the equation.Įveryone in that room seemed to accept his version of reality because this senior, tenured professor was known for researching mental toughness. That there are some things we just can’t do no matter how mentally tough we are. At some point in the discussion an esteemed MIT professor said that we each have genetic limitations. I’d barely graduated high school, yet I was at one of the most prestigious institutions in the country to discuss mental toughness with a handful of others. I’d never set foot in a university lecture hall as a student. Years ago, I was invited to be on a panel at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. We all have the potential to be so much more. Odds are you had a much better childhood than I did, and even now might have a decent life, but no matter who you are, who your parents are or were, where you live, what you do for a living, or how much money you have, you’re probably living at about 40 percent of your true capability. So I sought out pain, fell in love with suffering, and eventually transformed myself from the weakest piece of garbage on the planet into the hardest man God ever created, or so I tell myself. The bad hand that was my life was mine, and mine alone to fix. It won’t amplify your voice or uplift your life. It’s how our brains are wired, which is why motivation is not enough.Įven the best pep talk or self-help hack is nothing but a temporary fix. It’s as natural as a sunset and as fundamental as gravity. When life is like that it’s easy to drift and continue to make the same comfortable choices that are killing you, over and over again.īut the truth is we all make habitual, self-limiting choices. It grabs you, sucks you under, and won’t let go. Very few people know how the bottom feels, but I do. I lived life at the bottom of the barrel, and my future forecast was bleak. We were once poor, surviving on welfare, living in government-subsidized housing, and my depression was smothering. I was born broken, grew up with beat downs, was tormented in school, and was called nigger more times than I could count. I know this because I meet and hear from them all the time, and because just like you, I used to be one of them. In every town, in every country, all over the world, millions roam the streets, dead-eyed as zombies, addicted to comfort, embracing a victim’s mentality and unaware of their true potential. Denial is the ultimate comfort zone.ĭon’t worry, you aren’t alone. I’m sure you think so, but just because you believe something doesn’t make it true. NAVY SEALS, RETIREDĭo you know who you really are and what you’re capable of? Stop when you are done.ĬLASSIFIED: This is the origin story of a hero. This mission is about being better and having a greater impact on the world.ĭon’t stop when you are tired. This mission is not about making yourself feel better. If you do your job to the best of your ability, this will hurt. ![]() Study the techniques within, accept all ten challenges. SITUATION: You are in danger of living a life so comfortable and soft that you will die without ever realizing your true potential. ![]() To the unrelenting voice in my head that will never allow me to stop. Copyright © 2020 Goggins Built Not Born, LLC ![]()
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