David Goggins - Wake Up The Monster Inside Of You #Goggins #DavidGoggins #DavidGogginsMotivation

And I'm going to have a bunch of these 1 seconds through this 130 hour journey. And I have to learn to control these because if I fail one of these 1 seconds, I will not be a seal. doctor. I will not be a lawyer. I will not be whatever the [ __ ] it is. So that's how important that one second decision is. It's all about your mind takes control of you. You have to say, "Fuck you. I run this motherfucker. " And that's what that's all about. Projecting yourself forward to see what are the consequences of failing. stopping? — Yep. — Is about as powerful of a motivation strategy as I can think of. You know, because what you're doing is you're trying to optimize right now to stop the discomfort. — That's right. — But what you're going to pay for that in is shame and guilt and regret long term. — That's right. So what you need to be able to do is bundle all of that up that is as yet unfelt but will last for way way longer. You know the future is much longer than now. The future is going to extend out up until the day that you die — and the now is just for now. And even 130 hours is just 130 hours. — That's right. — And you get to look back and do you look back with pride and glory — or shame and guilt? — That's it. That's the one second. You just summarized it right there. And most people fail those one seconds. And then that one second leads to 20 years, 30 years, 40 years of [ __ ] I have people who have been through training with me, Ranger school, SEAL training, Air Force training, and I get calls from them today, and they have great lives, and all they talk about is how they failed in that one moment. And they great. They can't even enjoy their life now because they're now warm. There's no more suffering. There's no more suffering for me either. And we're in the same boat now. But you're suffering. And I So we're not suffering, but you're thinking about what you could have been. I am exactly what I should have been. And that's where people start to lose it because now I realize that in that one second. I go through all that. I know how it's going to feel because I failed so many times before. Failure is the ultimate thing, man. I failed so many times before. That's why I don't look at failure anymore as failure. I look as my first, second, and third attempt. — So that's what that's all about, man. — Well, I mean, you went back to go and do MOAB again the second time. That's right. — Which is your second attempt? — That's right. — Had you banged your knee up? It was pretty bad in between the first and the second one. — It was pretty bad way before either one of them. — Uh-huh. Yeah. — Yeah. It was It's been jacked up now for about 20 years. — I've seen some gnarly photos of it recently. It looks — Yeah. — interesting. — Yeah. So, all those miles I've run on this thing, it's uh it's been a lot of gut checks. — So, you go back, you do mo a second time. — Yep. — And then you turn your ass into like a hamburger or something. — As well. So, it's not just the knee, it's the ass as well now. — Yeah. So, at mile 2011, we have a good video of it. Matter of fact, Jennifer is like, "There's some people up there. " So at So 2011 is a spot where I was really finished in the first Moab. — So that was a um way marker checkpoint for you the second time. — So Jennifer is extremely happy right now cuz I'm there. — Yes. — And she knows I'm doing well now. I'm doing good. We're going to get through this. And so she's videoing me as I'm coming up this climb on this road. And she goes, "There's some people up here who want to meet you. You're doing so amazing. " I said, "My ass is [ __ ] up. You need to get the [ __ ] Desitin cream. " And it's literally for like 20 [ __ ] miles that like people don't get it, man. When you get raw like that, bro, and you're walking cuz you the chafing of my ass. It was hamburger meat. I'm like, so she's all [ __ ] happy and [ __ ] She's And I just look at her and I'm going to put the video up on social media cuz it's But she's a [ __ ] trooper, bro. — Hang on. So, could she Was there leakage? — Oh, yeah. — That was on the video from behind. — So, my shorts were absolutely raw dogged. Yeah. So, when you pull them down, it's just blood. And so, she goes in the bathroom cuz she didn't know what she was going to see. She has a desetinant cream. She walks in there and I pull them down and spread them open and I go put that [ __ ] all up in there. So, she goes in for the kill and she's putting this destitin cream all over the [ __ ] place, man. And you know what? This the funny thing about it. That's when you know you got a good [ __ ] with you, man. When you're that raw, you're that [ __ ] up and she's just like nothing. It was like saying, "Hey, can you like put some

lotion on my back before I go lay out? " That's how she was in there, man. Getting in it. And that's it, man. — Have you considered that might be the most traumatic event of all of the things that you've done in your life? What you asked Jennifer to do that day? — No, not at all. She did worse. So that Leadville chapter when I talk about after I finished and then the ultra raveling or unraveling had begun when I lay down. So, — oh, that was on the duvet. And you didn't know the word duvet? — Yeah, I didn't know what the fu du du du duvet was. — I didn't know the word duvet. — Blanket, man. — Okay, fair enough. — Come from the streets. We call them blankets. Anything that you wrap up is a [ __ ] blanket. — Cool. — So, I'm laying on the duvet and she's all [ __ ] like about her damn ratings that [ __ ] the Airbnb [ __ ] And I'm like, "Hey, I'm about to [ __ ] — because it's not your place. " — No. — Okay. No. — Right. Yes. I can see why she would be — considering that scene is uh is was bad. But once again, — season like a crime scene. — It's Yes, it was So, you've done all of this stuff, right? You've done the seal selection week three times, strapping the legs up so that you can run a Bad Water ultra race, — the Asberers, everything. — Yes. — Of all of the physical pursuits that you've endured, which has been the most painful — by far. my first 100 mile race by far. This 2019 Moab, the one that I dnfed but still finished, that's up there. But when you are um so I guess you're you're not prepared to run 100 miles and you take it for granted and you didn't do any training at all and you had the right nutrition and off of whim like literally you're like you know what I want to raise money for a foundation. That's how that happened. So, I don't know if you know the story or not, but basically I'm sitting there and the lone survivor incident happened where a bunch of, you know, some seals died. I want to raise money for them. I went to training with most of these guys. So, I had the bright idea to uh raise money. You know, I wasn't going to do a hot dog or hamburger sale. I was going to do something that people would be attracted to. So, I Googled the world's toughest events and what comes up is this race called the Bad Water 135. It's a 135 mile race through Death Valley in the summertime. Now, I had no idea about ultra running. I didn't know what the [ __ ] ultra running was, but when I heard So, when I saw 135 miles, I automatically assumed it was a stage race where you ran like maybe 10, 15 miles, bet down, and you got up the next morning, did it? So, when I called the race director up, Chris Cosmet, I'm like, "Hey, I would like to do this race to raise money for a foundation. " And he goes, "Have you ever run 100 miles? " And I was like, "Like like in a week or like what are you talking about? " He goes, "No, like in 24 hours cuz that's what you got to do to qualify. " And I was like, "Is that even is that even possible? " Like I didn't know. So anyway, he goes, "No, you can't get in my race unless you qualify. " And I call him up on a Wednesday and that Saturday, and I was a bodybuilder at the time. I did cardio 20 minutes a week on the elliptical trainer every Sunday. He goes, "Yeah, Saturday, you're in San Diego. Saturday is a 24-hour race where you run around a onem track for 24 hours, and if you can get 100 miles, I'll consider you in my race. So, I'll go sign up for this race. " And the first 70 miles, I'm doing pretty good. And then I hadn't sat down. I was uh hadn't gone to the bathroom. I was eating I was drinking Milelex and Rich crackers. I was, you know, eating rich crackers. So, — elite nutrition. — Yeah. Elite high quality nutrition. So, what happens when you're that ignorant and you go out to do this race and you sit down in the chair, your body's done. So, I'm sitting there and when you sit down for the first time in over 12 hours, your body's now going through some metamorphosis, like go [ __ ] home, go to a doctor, get some help. But I'm sitting there and I have this urge to go to the bathroom and there's a porta potty for me, that [ __ ] wall, but I can't get up cuz my blood pressure is all messed up from my great nutrition that I was on. And so, I can't stand up. So, I look at my ex-wife and I literally say, "I'm going to [ __ ] on myself right now. " So, I sit there and I'm [ __ ] up my back and I'm peeing blood down my leg and I have 30 miles to go. And I end up finding a way to get through that 30 miles. And when I got done with that race, it's the worst pain I can ever even I

can't even describe the pain of that last 30 miles to anybody. No one. It's very hard. — Whole body. I'm So when it ended, I I'm literally dizzy going up my stairs to get to my house. I'm literally I have my arms wrapped around her going up the stairs. And every flight of stairs, I got I have to lay down because I can't stay upright for too long or I'm going to pass out. So I finally get in the house. And when I get in the house, I'm once again on the floor. I'm in the kitchen on the floor just laying there. I finally make it to the bathroom into the tub. I get rolled in the tub and she puts the water on me. I'm just laying there with the water coming on me. And what I pee out looks like Coca-Cola. And I'm laying there in the worst pain of my entire life. I'm shaking. I'm jacked up. And all I could think about was, I can't believe what I just done. — David, you're a spectacular individual. I really appreciate your time. Uh the book is fantastic. Your message is fantastic. Uh I can't wait to see what you do next, even if it takes 5 years. — I appreciate it, my friend. Thank you. Thanks for having me.