Charlie Mead

LET ME COOK!

I'm completing 3,214 push-ups in 24 days to become David Goggins.

“When we transcend what we once thought possible, push our limits, and become more, our light reflects off all the walls they’ve built up around them. Your light enables them to see the contours of their own prison, their own self-limitations.”

“If you want to master the mind and remove your governor, you’ll have to become addicted to hard work.”

“We all need small sparks. Small accomplishments in our lives to fuel the big ones.”

“It’s a lot more than mind over matter. It takes relentless self discipline to schedule suffering into your day, every day.”

“You have to build calluses on your brain just like how you build calluses on your hands. Callus your mind through pain and suffering.”

“Everything in life is a mind game! Whenever we get swept under by life’s dramas, large and small, we are forgetting that no matter how bad the pain gets, no matter how harrowing the torture, all bad things end.”

“Every morning in our lives, we have a choice to make. You have the choice to stay in bed and say, ‘Forget it, I’m not going to work out today,’ or, ‘Forget it, I’m not going to work hard today.’ That’s your choice that you make every single day of your life. Make the right decision.”

“It’s easier to accept the fact that you’re just not good enough. We all have a lot more than we think we have.”

“You are stopping you; you are giving up instead of getting hard.”

“The human body can withstand and accomplish a hell of a lot more than most of us think possible, and that it all begins and ends in the mind.”

“When you think that you are done, you’re only 40% into what your body’s capable of doing. That’s just the limits that we put on ourselves.”

“Teach yourself that it isn’t ok to take the easy way out. Make sure you are bothered by the things you set out to do, but did not complete or make time for in the day.”

“I understand the temptation to sell short, but I also know that impulse is driven by your mind’s desire for comfort, and it’s not telling you the truth.”

“Suffering is a test. That’s all it is. Suffering is the true test of life.”

“Pain unlocks a secret doorway in the mind—one that leads to both peak performance and beautiful silence.”

“Be true to whoever or whatever you are and wear it like a badge of honour. Fit in with one person and one person only—yourself.”

“The reason it’s important to push hardest when you want to quit the most is because it helps you callous your mind. It’s the same reason why you have to do your best work when you are the least motivated.”

“It’s possible to transcend anything that doesn’t kill you.”

“It’s so easy to be great nowadays because most people are just weak. If you have any mental toughness, any fraction of self-discipline—the ability to not want to do it, but still do it—you’ll be successful.”

“Only you can master your mind, which is what it takes to live a bold life filled with accomplishments most people consider beyond their capability.”

“I don’t stop when I’m tired. I stop when I’m done.”

“A warrior is a guy that goes ‘I’m here again today. I’ll be here again tomorrow and the next day.’ It’s a person who puts no limit on what’s possible.”

“The vast majority of us are slaves to our minds. Most don’t even make the first effort when it comes to mastering their thought process because it’s a never-ending chore and impossible to get right every time.”

“Each specific life comes with its own personalised portion of pain. It’s coming for you. You can’t stop it. And you know it.”

“The most important conversations you’ll ever have are the ones you’ll have with yourself.”

“There is no more time to waste. Hours and days evaporate like creeks in the desert. That’s why it’s okay to be cruel to yourself as long as you realise you’re doing it to become better.”

“You must recognise what you are about to do, highlight what you do not like about it, and spend time visualising each and every obstacle you can.”

“If you want to get better, do the things that no one else wants to do. Do the things that no one is even thinking about doing.”

“When you’re exhausted, weak, and tired, and everyone around you looks just as bad as you or even worse—that’s the perfect time for you to make a statement. You let everyone around you know that when their life ends, that’s when yours begins.”

“If you can see yourself doing something, you can do it. If you can’t see yourself doing something, usually you can’t achieve it.”