Love rejections

The David Goggins hope factor

"I don’t live off that hope shit. I wish the water was cold. I wish the motherfucking instructors keep on running. I wish for fucking rain. When the ending is unknown and the distance is unknown, that’s when you know who the fuck you are."

David Goggins does not promise you what your average motivational speaker does. He does not promise any of his followers that if they were to work hard enough, they can be successful at whatever they do or even that their life will get easier.

To him, there is no end goal, the ribbon at the end of the race does not exist, and there is no wall you climb to reach Paradise. He keeps running and pushing no matter what because it is all about mastering his ability to deal with the unpredictability and unfairness of life.

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Get a Gold Medal in Rejection

“So many noes. No, no, no, no. All day. Doesn’t it make you want to quit?” I asked.

My dad replied with something that would change my life: “Love rejections! Collect them like treasure! Set rejection goals. I shoot for a hundred rejections each week, because if you work that hard to get so many noes, my little Noah’le, in them you will find a few yeses, too.” Maybe that’s why he named me NO-ah, to remind me of this daily to keep going.