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David Goggins teaches how to STOP caring what people think.

If I could boil down productivity to just one habit, it would be to ***not wake up past 8am***. As someone who always stayed up late till 3am, it made my life 10x better. I almost  never oversleep right now. I get 8 hours of sleep, usually even less, but I’m not feeling tired waking up. I achieve significantly more throughout the day. And it feels like I have twice as much time a day.

Playing it safe won't make you successful. 

To achieve rewards, you've got to embrace risk-taking. Get hungry for success.  

Take intelligent risks and be proactive with your income. The choice is yours: settle for safety or chase wealth?

The only people who get upset when you set boundaries are the ones who benefited when you had none.

The more "pride" someone has, the less self worth they typically have

Take a guy who actually has high self worth. The genuine "love" he has for himself is just constantly overflowing out of his internal cup. The loss of that intangible wealth is never really at risk because he's perpetually replenishing it

Gets a jab thrown at him. Someone starts speaking nonsense to him. Who cares. That cup is flowing and he has zero reason to do anything other than laugh or smile and nod. Keep it moving

Now take a guy who gets offended easily, or constantly feels like he needs the world to put some "respect" on his name. Why does he care so much? Because his cup isn't overflowing. Whatever is inside is a limited resource

Thus he feels like he has to "preserve" what he has. Every stimuli that could remind him of this scarcity is seen as a threat, so he has no choice but to "react" and cope himself into believing he's unfuckwithable. Subconscious cry for help

Point is most things in life are paradoxical like this. Usually an inverse relationship between external showcasings and internal feelings.

— @thedulab

how to find purpose + direction in your life:

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**Your surrounding is programming you.** Know it. Resist it. My whole life I thought I had a sweet tooth. My mom, my grandma, even my friends sometimes were empathising it. I genuinely believed it. Until recently when I decided to cut down on added sugar during my running race preparation. Turns out I don’t want any gummies or cakes. And I don’t like cookies. The only thing I miss is ice cream, probably. This is just my experience. But what if your parents were telling you that you’re lazy? Or antisocial? Or that you have a bad luck as a joke? And this could not only your parents. Your friends, teachers, coaches, coworkers, anybody. Do you believe it? Or are you free from others perceptions? 

On extremes:



Anything I do, I have to do to the extreme.



This is a curse that makes life tremendously hard, and tremendously great.



I can't just 'write.' Have to be one of the biggest writers and creators on earth.



I can't just 'run.' Have to be elite and get freak marathon times for my size.



Pretty sure it's a combo of innate intensity in my DNA, and being put down/having low confidence growing up. Lethal when that's put towards the right thing.



The hard part- is zero moderation makes you a perfectionist. 100 or 0. No in between. You're comfortable having nothing, and when you do win, it's usually all at once. It’s difficult to live a 'normal' life and relate to 'normal' people. It’s difficult to have 'normal' relationships. It’s difficult to enjoy ‘normal’ things, that you should be able to enjoy. But you can’t. Because they’re not meant for you.



You're strapped in a roller coaster, that never ends, until you're gone. If you relate, focus on keeping your obsession alive, picking the right games to play, then playing for decades.



The rest takes care of itself.

“One thing I've learned.. life is a paradox. In order to heal you must hurt, in order to love you must break open and in order to have peace you must face chaos. Never regret any experience in your life, because it is always meant to bring you balance. The light always follows.”

"Always ask, but never expect.

Always ask for what you want. Many people are happy to help—if the request is direct and specific. In a surprising number of cases, something remarkable is possible if you have the courage to ask.

Never expect people to say yes. Everyone is busy and balancing multiple priorities. Your request is not their responsibility. When you're told no, move on lightly and freely. The world is full of opportunity."



Everything we want will require unfathomable violence.