David Ghiyam

In that moment when my whole life changed, I went from a guy who worked out every day, trained every day, to a guy who couldn't get out of bed. My life was taken from me. The one thing that kept me going was my training.

In that moment when my whole life changed, I went from a guy who worked out every day, trained every day, to a guy who couldn't get out of bed. My life was taken from me. The one thing that kept me going was my training.

And that's when I realized I hadn't thought, hadn't taken time to think about what I'd done in my life.

And that's when I realized I hadn't thought, hadn't taken time to think about what I'd done in my life.

I hadn't reflected. I'd done all these things, but there was no finish line. I still believe that, but you must have time to reflect. I was just going. I finished a race of life and I wouldn't even receive my medal. I go on.

I hadn't reflected. I'd done all these things, but there was no finish line. I still believe that, but you must have time to reflect. I was just going. I finished a race of life and I wouldn't even receive my medal. I go on.

Most people sit around and that's what they like. They need the ceremony if I accomplished something. Validation. I haven't done anything. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.

Most people sit around and that's what they like. They need the ceremony if I accomplished something. Validation. I haven't done anything. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.

I'm just getting started. That's right. When I started figuring out life, that I was leaving so much in the tank. I call it my 40% rule. I was leaving so much in the tank. Once I realized, my God, man, I was this dumb, fat kid being bullied, and now I'm a 180-pound person who lost 106 pounds in less than three months. Learn to read, learn to do this, learn to do that. I was like, I need more.

I'm just getting started. That's right. When I started figuring out life, that I was leaving so much in the tank. I call it my 40% rule. I was leaving so much in the tank. Once I realized, my God, man, I was this dumb, fat kid being bullied, and now I'm a 180-pound person who lost 106 pounds in less than three months. Learn to read, learn to do this, learn to do that. I was like, I need more.

I was fueling my mind with everything. And I never took time to say, my God, you came from this hell, and you're here. So those insecurities... And this is how I explain it the best way. SEAL training became pretty hard and a lot of guys weren't getting through it. So they designed a SEAL prep program.

I was fueling my mind with everything. And I never took time to say, my God, you came from this hell, and you're here. So those insecurities... And this is how I explain it the best way. SEAL training became pretty hard and a lot of guys weren't getting through it. So they designed a SEAL prep program.

That's right. And it was two months. In my last two years before I retired from the military, they sent me there to train these kids to get ready for buds. 18, 19, 20-year-olds. Yeah, young kids. So when they get to Navy SEAL training, man, they were physical studs. They were running, swimming. I mean, they were hybrids. But they'd get to buds and the same amount of people would quit.

That's right. And it was two months. In my last two years before I retired from the military, they sent me there to train these kids to get ready for buds. 18, 19, 20-year-olds. Yeah, young kids. So when they get to Navy SEAL training, man, they were physical studs. They were running, swimming. I mean, they were hybrids. But they'd get to buds and the same amount of people would quit.

This is why. We were training bigger, stronger, faster quitters. It's not about... Not the mind. That's right. We weren't diving into the sewer. Everybody's got a story. We don't share it on social media. We share our nice life on social media. We all have a dungeon. I'm just willing to talk about mine. Most of us aren't willing to talk about it. I'm gonna talk about my dungeon.

This is why. We were training bigger, stronger, faster quitters. It's not about... Not the mind. That's right. We weren't diving into the sewer. Everybody's got a story. We don't share it on social media. We share our nice life on social media. We all have a dungeon. I'm just willing to talk about mine. Most of us aren't willing to talk about it. I'm gonna talk about my dungeon.

I wasn't getting into the dungeon of these guys' minds. I wasn't building that so-called mental toughness. Mental toughness isn't something that you sample. It's something that you live in every day. So when something hard would happen to these kids, like in Hell Week, it would draw on something that made them very insecure. And they look for comfort.

I wasn't getting into the dungeon of these guys' minds. I wasn't building that so-called mental toughness. Mental toughness isn't something that you sample. It's something that you live in every day. So when something hard would happen to these kids, like in Hell Week, it would draw on something that made them very insecure. And they look for comfort.

Whenever hardness comes, and you don't know what it is, it may be different for you than it is for me, but you go back to your insecurities. And then when you go back to your insecurities, you then look for comfort within those insecurities. And we all look for that cookie that your mom used to give you when you were sad, when you were sick. We look for our wife or our husband, we look for comfort.

Whenever hardness comes, and you don't know what it is, it may be different for you than it is for me, but you go back to your insecurities. And then when you go back to your insecurities, you then look for comfort within those insecurities. And we all look for that cookie that your mom used to give you when you were sad, when you were sick. We look for our wife or our husband, we look for comfort.