7 Lessons from Huberman x Goggins

1. You already know what to do; you just don't want to do it — you're lazy.

2. You have to first examine the inner self and determine what you want. Then you apply action to it. Your biggest fears are there. You have to address them. Have real conversations with them to address it. You need to relive it; every detail of it. Don't lie. Don't hide the worst side. Learn how to be vulnerable. That's the only way to win.

3. What is life about? We're being tested. There's no hack. Everything is work. You have to do it again over and over again. The test will come whether we prepare for it or not.

4. Inner willpower comes from the anterior mid cingulate cortex. It grows immediately from doing things you don't want to do — especially physical things. It gets smaller immediately when you stop. Every day you have to do something that sucks to you. If it stops sucking — like running 2 miles — increase it to where it sucks.

5. Outwork the inner mediocrity voice.

6. It's you vs you. The only thing stopping you is yourself, J. The only one who will save you is you, J. You have to design your own life based on what you need. It'll be different. 1,000 battles are within yourself.

7. Your mind is all you need. Goggins emphasized that he does a lot of things to build his mind at the cost of financial opportunity because his mind — as he crafted it — is what created the opportunities. If he stops the work that is necessary to craft his mind then it would be like rain ceasing to fall onto a lake. Eventually, the lake will dry up.

— Jay