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David Goggins

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Motivational figure known for "Who's gonna carry the boats" philosophy, used as example of grindset culture that true Type A personalities don't need.

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"Goggins doesn't have some intrinsic motivation to "improve himself". His motivation comes from fully extrinsic social reinforcement, when he boasts about how he is greater than others every single day. That's his entire life. His entire message is "I train for hours every day and therefore am superi"
David Goggins-style content is horrible for you and society · u/Juuls_Rock · ↑332 · 2023-07-21
"In fact, most of these books are embarrassingly bad, and suggest a very online person (in the Rogan/Fridman sphere). It's all there. Tim Ferriss. David Goggins. Tim Urban. Even Lindy Man for fuck's sake haha."
"Same thing with passion for things and willpower. You can talk about grindset and David Goggins 'Who's gonna carry the boats', get up at 4 AM, you can talk about that all day. But people with true innate drive and passion don't have to do any of that shit."
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