David Goggins – Mental Toughness: This CBS Morning interview discusses why Atlanta Hawks owner Jesse Itzler invited Navy SEAL David Goggins to live with his family for a month as his personal trainer.
That is the subject of Itzler’s new book, “Living with a SEAL: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet.” Itzler and Goggins join “CBS This Morning” to discuss what drove the them through the experience.
David had to overcome many challenges in his life. He grew up in an abusive household, barely graduated high school, and struggled with some serious health issues. According to David, his mindset is all about achieving his personal best and pushing himself well past his comfort zone.
He is the only member of the U.S. Armed Forces to complete SEAL training (including two Hell Weeks), the U.S. Army Ranger School (where he graduated as Enlisted Honor Man) and Air Force tactical air controller training (TACP).
The Navy SEALs even asked him to be their poster-boy and appear in a recruiting commercial. All of the awards, medals, accolades and magazine articles mean nothing to David. David chooses to run the toughest races and put himself through some of the hardest military training programs in the country for no other reason than to see what he’s made of.
Entrepreneur Jesse Itzler chronicles his month of living and extreme fitness training with a Navy SEAL in the New York Times and #1 LA Times bestseller LIVING WITH A SEAL.
I really wanted to dislike Jesse Itzler. But of course I couldn’t admit that to our mutual literary agent, Lisa Leshne.