David Ghiyam

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.

It's in those moments you must retrain your mind to think differently in hell. I wasn't training them to do that.

It's in those moments you must retrain your mind to think differently in hell. I wasn't training them to do that.

I wasn't training myself to do that because at that time I was doing what I was told. These guys need to meet a standard. Physical standard. A physical standard. The physical standard is not what they need to meet. It's a mental standard you must meet in life. So going back to when I was sick, I was hitting the physical standards. I wasn't meeting the mental standard.

I wasn't training myself to do that because at that time I was doing what I was told. These guys need to meet a standard. Physical standard. A physical standard. The physical standard is not what they need to meet. It's a mental standard you must meet in life. So going back to when I was sick, I was hitting the physical standards. I wasn't meeting the mental standard.

The mental standard is you must know how far you've come. Wow. I had come 8,000 miles from where I started. But if you never know that, you're still in the $7 a month place. When I was sick, I was able to slow it down. and reflect back on my entire life. And in that bed, and I thought I was dying, because that story is long. That sick portion of my life is long. I didn't care if I died or lived.

The mental standard is you must know how far you've come. Wow. I had come 8,000 miles from where I started. But if you never know that, you're still in the $7 a month place. When I was sick, I was able to slow it down. and reflect back on my entire life. And in that bed, and I thought I was dying, because that story is long. That sick portion of my life is long. I didn't care if I died or lived.

Because I was, for the first time in my life, happy and at peace. Because I reflected back on where I started. You said, wow, I have come a long way. That's right. And no one saved me. It wasn't like someone came down here and guided me through life.

Because I was, for the first time in my life, happy and at peace. Because I reflected back on where I started. You said, wow, I have come a long way. That's right. And no one saved me. It wasn't like someone came down here and guided me through life.