What did David Goggins suggest to get better at discipline

David Goggins suggests building discipline by repeatedly choosing difficult things, embracing setbacks, and staying committed to a goal that matters deeply to you.

• 1. Accept that growth is difficult: Expect hard days and setbacks rather than waiting for motivation; he says he often doesn’t want to do the work, but does it anyway, repeatedly. 1
• 2. Build resilience by confronting yourself and embracing the “suck”: Examine yourself honestly and return to difficult experiences, because he believes that’s where willpower and self-knowledge develop. 2
• 3. Learn to fail properly: If you’re pursuing a daunting goal, expect to fail along the way and learn how to keep going instead of treating failure as the end. 3
• 4. Don’t compromise your identity, needs, or goals for others: The retrieved moments don’t support this point, so I can’t include it as a suggestion from Goggins.