Cover of Can't Hurt Me

Book · 2021 · Health & Fitness

Can't Hurt Me

Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds

by David Goggins · Brought up by 24 people on 11 podcasts

#71 of 16,916 books, ranked by how many different people bring it up on podcasts

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40
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11
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24
episodes recommend it
23

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Just recently there's a book released called can't hurt me and it's this guy that uh just found this incredible amount of willpower and basically transformed the human being that he was uh I guess to who he wanted to be and just went through this remarkable physical and mental uh transformation.
Said on · ChooseFI · May 2023 Listen at 2:47

What they say about it

Grouped from 40 episodes
  • Praise the audiobook format“single best audiobook ever produced”
    6
  • Discuss childhood abuse and hardship“what he endured as a child”
    3
  • Mention running on injuries“run with his foot falling off”
    3
  • Note the unique audio structure“audiobook he had his business partner read it”
    3

The best things said about it

6 of 62 · every mention
Recommended
If you listen to David's life story David has uh two incredible books they're they're amazing and one of the things about the books that's so amazing is you realize like what he endured as a child and what he went through like the the abuse that he received and how he came out of that this like Unstoppable dude.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Feb 2023
Recommended
I read the book and then I heard the audiobook was the single best audiobook ever produced.
On the show ChooseFI · Aug 2019
Recommended
I think one of the first books that i read was can't hurt me and so that one was like super intense um kind of like when i was in the gym struggling like i'd remember that he would run like a hundred miles on like broken feet and stuff and so super intense.
Brooke Wells The Daily Stoic · May 2022
Recommended
Today we're going to dive into his new book which is called Can't Hurt Me about mastering your mind and defying the odds.
Jay Shetty On Purpose with Jay Shetty · Sep 2020
Recommended
If you want to go down a motivational route, book Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins is just one of those books that just kicks you.
Jim Mullane Modern Wisdom · May 2020
Discussed
He's a this navy seal person uh he's wrote this book can't hurt me he's basically one of the toughest human beings on earth he ran all these crazy ultra marathons in the desert he set the world record a number of pull-ups.
Eugenia Kuyda Lex Fridman Podcast · Sep 2020

Where and when it comes up

Mentions by year

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Podcast episodes that discussed Can't Hurt Me, by year. One episode counts once, however often the book came up.

How it comes up

Recommended means the speaker tells listeners to read it.

Episodes, each counted once, by the strongest way it came up.

Most episodes, by podcast

Top 9 of 11 shows

24 people who brought it up

Most recommendations first

Also: David Goggins · Andrew Huberman · Artie Lange · David Laid · Emily Jashinsky · Eugenia Kuyda · Mike Posner · Richard Shotton · Sean Sharaf · Sebastian Maniscalco · Shaan Puri · Tucker Max

Why people recommend it

Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins is a powerful memoir detailing the author's harrowing journey from a brutal, abusive childhood and severe obstacles to becoming a Navy SEAL, ultra-marathon runner, and symbol of extreme mental toughness. The book received widespread praise across multiple episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience, where host Joe Rogan repeatedly endorsed it alongside Goggins's second book. Rogan highlighted Goggins's incredible resilience, endurance achievements such as running thousands of miles in a single year, and his unique mindset. Guests on the podcast also echoed this enthusiasm; Bert Kreischer discussed listening to the book and contributing a foreword to it, while Cameron Hanes discussed Goggins's physical feats. Additionally, Brad Barrett recommended the title on ChooseFI, specifically advising listeners to experience the work via the audiobook format as a transformative mindset upgrade. The speakers consistently emphasized the profound impact of Goggins's personal history, noting how his ability to overcome extraordinary childhood trauma and physical suffering serves as an inspiring blueprint for personal accountability and mental fortitude. Across all these discussions, the book was framed not merely as a standard fitness or military memoir, but as an essential psychological tool designed to push past perceived limitations, conquer adversity, and unlock hidden human potential through unrelenting self-discipline.

Every mention

62 quotes from 40 episodes · 30 passing or ad reads below
Joe Rogan and you can't hurt me it's called and the audio version is even better because the audio version he actuall… 11
Discussed
“When goggin ask who's going to carry the boats and logs I showed them this guy ... he also is a big advocate of carrying things like one of the things he said if if you want to get strong take something heavy and carry it around ... It's been watching Gog and [ __ ] I don't know what”
Recommended
“I love his book or his first book He's a his second book's even better”
Recommended
“If you listen to David's life story David has uh two incredible books they're they're amazing and one of the things about the books that's so amazing is you realize like what he endured as a child and what he went through like the the abuse that he received and how he came out of that this like Unstoppable dude”
Discussed
“and that's why I like this book so much is because can't hurt me was like a bachelor's degree it was like the surface level of David gogins and some things that can help you out”
Discussed
“he's got two books one of them is called can't hurt me that's the first one”
Recommended
“He's got two books. One of them is called can't hurt me. That's the first one.”
Recommended
“and his book amazing book can't hurt me”
Recommended
“i i enjoyed his book so it was so good yeah”
Recommended
“and you can't hurt me it's called and the audio version is even better because the audio version he actually gets somebody else to read it”
Recommended
“and you can listen to his story yeah and read his uh or listen his audiobook which is fantastic Read his book and understand there's people like him that used to be like me They made it through”
Recommended
“Well you know Goggins is another one. You know Goggins just being a guest in this podcast. I know he hasn't started his own podcast. But one thing he did do is if you listen to Goggins audiobook in his audio book he has the book itself which is read by another guy and then him and that guy discuss”
Recommended
“david goggins your book is [ __ ] fantastic man”
Discussed
“so what people read in this book can't hurt me it's a sad story”
Recommended
“and more than i listen to music i listen to books yeah books on tape uh audiobooks and yours is like i said has been the last two weeks has been my running partner”
Brad Barrett I've started on David goggins's book can't hurt me and I actually I read the book and then I heard the audi… 2
Recommended
“I've started on David goggins's book can't hurt me and I actually I read the book and then I heard the audiobook was the single best audiobook ever produced”
Recommended
“it's hard to remember all the books I've read so can't hurt me by David Goggins get the audiobook for everybody out there”
Michael Yo you learn from that book and the audio Bush book I would actually recommend because in between chapters he… 2
Recommended
“like I told you about David Goggins last time I was here I read his book and you know posted [ __ ] on my mirror you know and trying to make strides too”
Recommended
“then i'd listen to the David Goggins book and I was like oh my god this dude's crazy”
Recommended
“you learn from that book and the audio Bush book I would actually recommend because in between chapters he talks about all the different things”
Chris Williamson what books would you recommend david goggins can't hurt me is pretty good for this 3
Discussed
“David Goggins never finished and his first book can't hurt me also incredibly heavy it's one of the best sellers”
Discussed
“Have you read his book? I've only I I never read it when it first came out, but I'm No. I'm listening to it now.”
Recommended
“what books would you recommend david goggins can't hurt me is pretty good for this”
Adam Skolnick So if you loved "Can't Hurt Me," this is like his true philosophy. He, that's how he describes it. 2
Recommended
“So if you loved "Can't Hurt Me," this is like his true philosophy. He, that's how he describes it.”
Discussed
“I think, you know, he set the standard to try to exceed "Can't Hurt Me." Not in terms of sales, but just in terms of quality of the book.”
Discussed
“Of course, there's darker stories than, I think, even some are darker than you've heard in "Can't Hurt Me."”
Discussed
“And more recently because of Can't Hurt Me, did did better than I ever thought I would financially.”
Bert Kreischer His book that he wrote did you listen to it... I mean it his book I wrote that I did the forward to it 1
Recommended
“His book that he wrote did you listen to it... I mean it his book I wrote that I did the forward to it”
Brooke Wells i think one of the first books that i read was can't hurt me and so that one was like super intense um kind… 1
Recommended
“i think one of the first books that i read was can't hurt me and so that one was like super intense um kind of like when i was in the gym struggling like i'd remember that he would run like a hundred miles on like broken feet and stuff and so super intense”
Duncan Trussell he'll run with his foot falling off the step book is really good what's that it's called can't hurt me yeah… 1
Recommended
“he'll run with his foot falling off the step book is really good what's that it's called can't hurt me yeah Jesus”
Jay Shetty and today we're going to dive into his new book which is called can't hurt me about mastering your mind and… 1
Recommended
“and today we're going to dive into his new book which is called can't hurt me about mastering your mind and defying the odds”
Jim Mullane one is if you want to go down a motivational route book can't hurt me by David Goggins is just one of those… 1
Recommended
“one is if you want to go down a motivational route book can't hurt me by David Goggins is just one of those books that just kicks you”
Rich Roll and for the two or three people listening or watching who are not familiar with that book definitely pick i… 1
Recommended
“and for the two or three people listening or watching who are not familiar with that book definitely pick it up and i would highly suggest the audiobook which adam reads”
Theo Von and I've been reading this david Goggins book that's pretty cool so i'm excited about that 1
Recommended
“and I've been reading this david Goggins book that's pretty cool so i'm excited about that”
David Goggins so this is the book never finished as the book that I wanted to come out first but how am I going to get so… 2
Discussed
“so this is the book never finished as the book that I wanted to come out first but how am I going to get so deep into something when no one els who the hell I am so first I have to give you some backstory on who the hell David Goggins is some credentials”
Discussed
“that was you know pretty embarrassing and can't hurt me”
Discussed
“but when I wrote can't hurt me it started waking her up that hey man why do you care why do you care so much what people think about you what you went through”
Discussed
“that's why when people said you no way you can do better than can't hurt me Roger that we'll [ __ ] see it's that Pride that wakes you up now”
Discussed
“that's in the book I talked about that but then the second guy so after the first surgery I was done”
Discussed
“and when I wrote can't hurt me she refused she said [ __ ] don't put my [ __ ] in there”
Discussed
“and when I wrote can't hurt me she refused she said don't put my in there she was so embarrassed you know like like I put in there man she married a prisoner”
Discussed
“so the reason why in my and can't hurt me I have my write up of my metal from Iraq and I wasn't going to put that in there”
Discussed
“everything he said I put in can't hurt me because he was just literally lying trying to literally ruin who I was”
Andrew Huberman David Gogggins, who's kind of the I don't know if you're familiar with David, but author of Can't Hurt Me,… 1
Discussed
“David Gogggins, who's kind of the I don't know if you're familiar with David, but author of Can't Hurt Me, and he's been on this podcast and a real proponent of doing hard things every single day”
Artie Lange you know David Goggin says the Navy SEALs yeah I've heard that he did a great thing with his book where he… 1
Discussed
“you know David Goggin says the Navy SEALs yeah I've heard that he did a great thing with his book where he wrote a book but in the audiobook he had his business partner read it and then he would talk about it after”
David Laid like I've like heard him on so many podcasts and like I've like like audiobook like a good amount of like h… 1
Discussed
“like I've like heard him on so many podcasts and like I've like like audiobook like a good amount of like his book so I know like the backstory the dad Etc is really just like horrible stuff”
Emily Jashinsky he had David goggin's can't hurt me but here's the indication 1
Discussed
“he had David goggin's can't hurt me but here's the indication”
Discussed
“From his Goodreads profile, he had a couple of books listed He had David Goggins' 'Can't Hurt Me' and also some books indicating his interest in addressing back pain, including 'Crooked: Outwitting the Back Pain Industry and Getting on the Road to Recovery', 'Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance', and 'Back Mechanic' by Dr. Stuart McGill”
Eugenia Kuyda he's a this navy seal person uh he's wrote this book can't hurt me he's basically one of the toughest human… 1
Discussed
“he's a this navy seal person uh he's wrote this book can't hurt me he's basically one of the toughest human beings on earth he ran all these crazy ultra marathons in the desert he set the world record a number of pull-ups”
Mike Posner Somewhere maybe it was in his book, I heard Goggins say, you gotta visualize when things go wrong too. 1
Discussed
“Somewhere maybe it was in his book, I heard Goggins say, you gotta visualize when things go wrong too.”
Richard Shotton David Goggins uh never finished and uh his first book can't hurt me also incredibly heavy 1
Discussed
“David Goggins uh never finished and uh his first book can't hurt me also incredibly heavy”
Sean Sharaf And so when you heard your story, similar to Seals, I read your book. Uh it was just something that I was j… 1
Discussed
“And so when you heard your story, similar to Seals, I read your book. Uh it was just something that I was just like, man”
Sebastian Maniscalco How often you read like I read the Goggins book yeah and that [ __ ] book yeah and that life that dude had… 1
Discussed
“like I read the Goggins book, yeah, and that [ __ ] book”
Discussed
“How often you read like I read the Goggins book yeah and that [ __ ] book yeah and that life that dude had huh a sad life But then on the flip side inspiring to you know a guy like myself where you know I'm running”
Shaan Puri like i read david's goggins biography and like the dude's sweating all the time 1
Discussed
“like i read david's goggins biography and like the dude's sweating all the time”
Tucker Max and it's five years later and you know we did David Goggins book which is huge at Tiffany Haddish and a bun… 1
Discussed
“and it's five years later and you know we did David Goggins book which is huge at Tiffany Haddish and a bunch of others”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker7
Recommended
“I've been um recently getting obsessed with uh David Goggins Clips just recently there's a book released called can't hurt me and it's this guy that uh just found this incredible amount of willpower and basically transformed the human being that he was”
Recommended
“just recently there's a book released called can't hurt me and it's this guy that uh just found this incredible amount of willpower and basically transformed the human being that he was uh I guess to who he wanted to be and just went through this remarkable physical and mental uh transformation”
Discussed
“This is from David Goggins It's so easy to be great because most of the world is weak If you are even remotely a Savage you will run these people over It's all out there for the taking right now”
Recommended
“and he did and his book amazing book can't hurt me but he ran 7 000 miles in one year which is you know 20 miles a day every single day”
Recommended
“That guy will run with his foot falling off the step book is really good What's that It's called Can't Hurt Me Yeah Jesus”
Discussed
“I know one guy who did and it's took yeah can't hit me by David Goggins really struggle with that Did you listen or he read”
Recommended
“but I've uh started on David goggins's book can't hurt me and I actually I read the book and then I heard the audiobook was the single best audiobook ever produced”

Often mentioned with

Other mentions (30: passing, ad reads, own books)
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“we had David Goggins on this podcast. David author of Can't Hurt Me um and famed for doing hard things all day long.”
Passing
“cinematic artistic inspirational David Goggins the David he is the David Goggins of the MFM Community”
Plugged
“David is also a highly successful writer, having authored two books, the first entitled "Can't Hurt Me" and the second entitled "Never Finished," both of which are best sellers.”
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“To learn more about David and to find links to his two fantastic books, "Can't Hurt Me," and "Never Finished," please see the show note captions.”
Passing
“he sold the book his book can't hurt me sold the [__] give me some volume”
Passing
“Sorry, man, I've been watching some David Goggins videos. I think I was trying to bring you back, dude!”
Plugged
“I mean we were number one on Audible for like five weeks I mean we were doing really well can't hurt me got a bump out of it”
Passing
“So on December 6th, the sequel to David Goggins' "Can't Hurt Me" his second book is launching.”
Passing
“...I've had the good fortune to work with David whose book became a hit on Amazon as purely without Amazon, there'd be no, can't hurt me in this particular incarnation.”
Passing
“Mr. Adam Skolnick, an activist, veteran journalist, and David Goggins’ Can’t Hurt Me co-author.”
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“As always, my co-host is Mr. Adam Skolnick, an activist, veteran journalist, and David Goggins’ Can’t Hurt Me co-author.”
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“Mr. Adam Skolnick, an activist and veteran journalist known as David Goggins’ Can’t Hurt Me co-author.”
Passing
“Aside from serving as my magnanimous sidecar hype-beast, Adam Skolnick is an activist and veteran journalist best known as David Goggins’ Can’t Hurt Me, co-author.”
Passing
“Aside from serving as my magnanimous sidecar hype-beast, Adam Skolnick is an activist and veteran journalist best known as David Goggins’ Can’t Hurt Me, co-author.”
Passing
“Adam is a waterman, writer, and veteran journalist best known as David Goggins’ Can’t Hurt Me, co-author.”
Passing
“Carl Metzler, that's the name that's in the Goggin's book.”
Passing
“Adam Skolnick is a waterman, writer, activist, and veteran journalist best known as David Goggins’ Can’t Hurt Me, co-author.”
Passing
“Beyond RRP hype-man duties, Adam Skolnick is an activist and journalist best known as David Goggins’ Can’t Hurt Me, co-author.”
Passing
“After a much-needed break, Roll On returns with my hype man Adam Skolnick, an activist and veteran journalist perhaps best known as David Goggins’ Can’t Hurt Me co-author.”
Plugged
“if that's the approach you're looking for that book is not for you can't hurt me is not for you”
Passing
“Commanding co-host duties as always is my hype man Adam Skolnick, an activist and veteran journalist perhaps best known as David Goggins’ Can’t Hurt Me co-author.”
Passing
“Commanding co-host duties as always is my hype man Adam Skolnick, an activist and veteran journalist perhaps best known as David Goggins’ Can’t Hurt Me co-author.”
Plugged
“of course by my hype man bestie journeyman journalist adventurer environmentalist author david goggins can't hurt me co-author adam scholnick”
Passing
“hype man Adam Skolnick, an activist and veteran journalist perhaps best known as David Goggins' Can't Hurt Me co-author.”
Passing
“journalist author adventurer swim run aficionado co-author of david goggins can't hurt me”
Plugged
“Adam Skolnick co-author of can't hurt me author of one breath one breath New York Times”
Passing
“Adam Skolnick writer journalist activist author co-author of can't hurt me the epic David Goggins memoir probably the most successful independently published memoir ever”
Passing
“I had this idea what if you could emerge from covet a Savage right you could take this thing get into a very intentional place and just Master this build some mental fortitude and my version and the example I gave probably a month ago in that in that clip was you know Goggins is talking with this individual he's”
Passing
“If you've listened to the audio book by David Goggins of Can't Hurt Me, it's very similar to that. And I'm not saying I recommend that for everybody.”
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“I got David Goggins here - nice Maximus oh wow anything else”

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