I want to talk about a person whom I really admire. This person’s name is Davy Goggins. He’s a retired Navy SEAL, ultra-marathon runner, motivational speaker and world record breaker. The thing is that I interpret this person as an embodiment of resilience and discipline, which are really essential things that we should have in the world full of distractions. To talk about his background he had this really abusive childhood because of his father and at some point of his life he was obese but I remember when he was 24 years old he decided to make a change in his life. So from then on he started serving as a Navy SEAL officer and started to gradually, you know, increase his quality of life. You know, his achievements, he read numerous ultramarathons, taking first, second, third place in the majority of them, and he also broke the world record for over 4,000 pull-ups in just 24 hours. So because of the discipline that he has, he assures that we can achieve everything if we include 100% of us, 100% what we can do. So this kind of thing prompted me to change my life because like basically six months ago I had this really detrimental daily routine. I was a couch potato wasting the most of my time and procrastinating everything. For example, I would watch a lot of YouTube, TikTok and Facebook videos. So then I decided to make a change and I got this kind of habit tracker that I included all the things that I had to perform every day on the list. So from then on I started to slightly improve my quality of life and to get better. So I think that in conclusion I think that everybody should have this kind of person in our life because we should, because of them we actually find a purpose in his life. So I found to carry on his legacy.
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I want to talk about a person whom I really admire. This person's name is Davy Goggins. He's a retired Navy SEAL, ultra-marathon runner, motivational speaker, and world record breaker. The thing is that I interpret this person as an embodiment of resilience and discipline, which are really essential qualities that we should have in a world full of distractions. To talk about his background, he had a really abusive childhood because of his father, and at some point in his life, he was obese. I remember when he was 24 years old, he decided to make a change in his life. From then on, he started serving as a Navy SEAL officer and gradually increased his quality of life. Regarding his achievements, he ran numerous ultramarathons, taking first, second, and third place in the majority of them, and he also broke the world record for over 4,000 pull-ups in just 24 hours. Because of the discipline he has, he assures us that we can achieve everything if we give 100% of ourselves, 100% of what we can do. This kind of thing prompted me to change my life because, like basically six months ago, I had a really detrimental daily routine. I was a couch potato, wasting most of my time and procrastinating everything. For example, I would watch a lot of YouTube, TikTok, and Facebook videos. Then I decided to make a change, and I got a habit tracker that included all the things I had to perform every day on the list. From then on, I started to slightly improve my quality of life and get better. In conclusion, I think that everybody should have this kind of person in their life because they help us find a purpose in our lives. I found that I want to carry on his legacy.
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