Nick HutchisonFounder and CEO, BookThinkers

1-Minute Book Tip: Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins

14 Aug 2020 · 1 min

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In this one‑minute YouTube short, Nick Hutchison delivers a rapid recommendation for David Goggins’ memoir Can’t Hurt Me. He notes that he has reread the book three or four times, each reading leaving him feeling like a warrior and motivating him to work intensely. Hutchison highlights the book’s central premise—that Goggins masters his mind and defies the odds—and uses it to argue that modern productivity baselines are low, making it insufficient to be merely “uncommon.” Instead, he urges listeners to become “uncommon amongst the uncommon,” a mindset Goggins exemplifies. The video concludes with a direct call to action: read or listen to Can’t Hurt Me.

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Hello, Book Thinkers family. Today's 1-minute book tip is going to come from a very intense book, Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins. And for those of you that have been following me for a long time, you've probably noticed I've read this book 3 or 4 times now. And every time I read it, I walk away feeling like a warrior. It just makes me want to beat my chest and go work a trillion hours. And that's because David Goggins— the subtitle here, he masters his mind and he defies the odds— and it helps you realize that you can do the same. It's not enough just to be uncommon these days. The baseline is very low as far as productivity goes. It's very easy to be an average human. You need to be uncommon amongst the uncommon. Take it another step further, and David Goggins helps to highlight how you can do that in this book. So my recommendation today is just to read or listen to Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins.