Don’t Like Who You Are Right Now? Cool. Build an Alter-Ego Instead
How one Navy SEAL taught me to overcome my B.S. and be a better person
When was the last time you looked in the mirror and said “meh — you could really use some tweaking?” The last time I said that to myself was a few weeks ago. I had been talking to myself like that for years, but really had trouble digging myself from my own bullshit.
Until I uncovered the magic recipe.
I was in a dark place a little bit ago. It affected my life, my writing, and my work. I’ve still got a long way to go, but I’m currently reading the book Can’t Hurt Me by ex-SEAL, ultra marathon runner, and world-record pull-upper, David Goggins.
I wanted to learn how he overcame, and continues to overcome his demons.
Goggins grew up in hell. He had a learning disability. He could barely read through high school. His father was abusive and his mother did the best she could. He was an ultra-shy introvert with a stutter. At his heaviest he had given up on life and tipped the scale at 300 pounds, working nights as an exterminator.
But he didn’t give up. He learned to change himself from within.
