How to Build Willpower | David Goggins & Dr. Andrew Huberman

This clip is from the Huberman Lab episode “David Goggins: How to Build Immense Inner Strength.” The full episode can be found on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/nDLb8_wgX50

Dave's whole brain must be completely anterior mid singular cortex by now. 😂

A motto I live by is "if you can't beat the fear, do it scared."

David Goggins BMI must be 5% Body Fat and 95% Lean Anterior Midsingular Cortex.

By far one of your best podcasts, in my modest opinion. What separates David from the crowd is he is REAL - truth bombs exploding everywhere. As a 59 year old single mom who suffers from chronic pain (car accident) with four grown children, his words truly hit home. I get out of bed every damn morning at 6:15 am and go to my day job even though I don't truly enjoy it, but it pays our bills. I come home, shop, cook healthy meals, workout a little, walk my dog, do some more chores then hit the bed early so I can get up, rinse and repeat. I enjoy my weekends with friends and family but most of my time is spent doing. I have been like this my entire life - always just putting one foot in front of the other, day by day. Thanks Andrew.

I can't imagine the level of pride and accomplishment David felt when Huberman told him about this new study. Imagine being judged by the way you think and behave everyday for years and ended up being right. Congrats Goggins

This is amazing, to hear about the anterior mid-cingulate cortex. I suffered with severe depression for a few years after my parent’s death , desperate, a good friend of mine told me, you have to do exactly the opposite of what your brain (negative voice), is telling you to do. And so, I began doing it, the opposite: getting out of my bed, going outside, working out, working, eating healthy enough, spending time with people… without even noticing, a few months later , I was slowly going back to being myself. Without medication 💊 I still feel the sadness that caused my depression but decided to go live life . Great episode . Digging deeper with the footnotes. I am not going back to depression .

Was written off at 50! Started training in crumbling garage lifting rocks doing pushups on paint cans pullups on beams got ripped af at 53 years old!!!

I lost my mother-in-law a week before Christmas, yesterday I went to get a wart removed and found out it was cancer. I'm mentally preparing for battle and this was a huge help. Embrace the suck

We are so blessed and privileged in this day and age that we have the opportunity to set down and listen to such a great conversation by such great human beings.

I'd call it self-respect on the deepest level, you'll never have to doubt yourself or what you're capable of because it's now ingrained into your soul. You're a true legend Mr Goggins

Even if he quits working out tomorrow... Goggins is the self-discipline GOAT.

Goggins has led me out of mental and emotional darkness time and time again, and all I can say is thank you! Your words and actions are a true light for so many!

This is amazing. I've been growing my anterior midcingulate cortex for 16 years straight now!! And all I've had to do is show up to my job every day. Go figure!!

What a start to the year. Goggins and Huberman on a podcast. Let it continue 👊

This reinforces my mantra at work. There’s part of the job you enjoy, and there are parts of the job you hate. “That’s where the paycheck comes from” keeps me moving forward.

00:04 The anterior midcingulate cortex grows when people do things they don't want to do 01:43 Building willpower through challenging activities 02:59 Building willpower is a gradual process 04:35 Facing hard challenges in life helps in developing resilience and strength. 06:25 Building willpower by addressing the real conversation in your head 08:04 Effort alone is not sufficient for enhancing willpower 09:34 Discovering willpower leads to fulfillment and self-discovery. 11:34 Unlock your willpower and reach your full potential

What a super special moment we all got to share in 🙏

I really hate exercise, and as I've been doing it more I've been a bit depressed that I might hate it forever. Now I know that's a gift 😂

My eyes welled up a little bit listening to this. Most of my 50 year life has been about the avoidance of doing the things that I need to do, but don't want to. I instead had settled snugly into my comfort zone: alcohol, nicotine, cannabis, video games, etc It has only been in recent years that I've learned to understand that, for a better life, you must get comfortable doing uncomfortable things. To learn a new skill takes practice. And 'willpower' is simply just a skill. So practice it and it will get better. Edit: THESE are the things we should be teaching our children. Inflation keeps us too busy to do so, and our education system is little more than an indoctrination system. Combine the two and it's little wonder we are churning out so many depressed, medicated, fat, no-purpose adults.