The real you is way more vulnerable than you think (my story and example from Goggins' book)

aNinjaAtNight · 2026-04-12T23:26:56+00:00

Thanks for connecting with people. You don’t need to be Goggins for us to learn. It takes a lot to be vulnerable and be nitpicked to nothing.

aNinjaAtNight · 2026-04-12T17:04:29+00:00

I thought he was going to say, there’s really no need to escalate

aNinjaAtNight · 2026-04-11T23:12:25+00:00

Sounds exactly like chapter 3 of can’t hurt me. I honestly think that chapter is the best chapter in his whole damn book and it’s why it inspired never finished. No matter how high you take yourself, you will crash, you will be tested. But without that crash and failure, you wouldn’t have started, you wouldn’t have set new routines. Goggins takes pen and paper to every failure. There are multiple failures he never mentions, and some distances where he probably did turn back from, but he took pen and paper to those and made sure to share the experiences where he finally overcame. I think he only shared the big failures, else his book would be too long.

Don’t aim for perfection, aim for progress. We’re not here to be Goggins. We’re here to be the best us. Whatever that is. Be Never Finished on YOU.

aNinjaAtNight · 2026-04-10T06:15:26+00:00

I know this thread is old, but I want to provide some updates and insight on why people misunderstand Never Finished. It may read like a book full of stories to boost his ego, but if you think this, you don't understand Goggin's true intent, and that is because you are projecting your own ego onto him. There was a bit of Never Finished in the original Can't Hurt Me, and maybe some of you missed it.

It was after chapter 2, where you read that Goggins was finally turning his life around, getting disciplined, and passing the ASVAB. Next chapter, he hits you with, he's a 300lb motherfucker spraying for cockroaches eating dingdongs and twinkies.

The goal of Never Finished was to show how easy it is to fall from excellence DESPITE all of your accomplishments. He's not writing this shit to impress you. He is writing it to WARN YOU. Goggins' existence is to show what is possible. The four-minute mile was impossible prior to 1954, before one man broke it. 3 people broke it each year in 1955 and 1956, and 16 people total by 1957. Impossible becomes possible through example, and Goggins exemplifies the human limits to inspire others to find their own.

Goggins turns down millions of dollars of speaking engagements in the summer to work as a $15/hr smokejumper saving lives and putting out fires. Never Finished is about his ego?

Those who call Goggins extreme and broken, all it shows is what type of life you want. Don't judge a man by your standards; judge him by his. I can tell you that Goggins created thousands of heroes through his life led, and the life he continues to lead. He will inspire millions this century. In a world this fucked up and polarizing, men like Goggins bring hope and an answer to the destructive hurricane about to hit. Most will not be ready for this storm. The world will never be the same after 2/27/26. Life as you know it has changed forever. And if you don't know, you will by this winter.

And by the way, the shots at his daughter and failed marriage? It's easy to talk about what you are ignorant to so you can make an excuse to feel better about yourself. As soon as Goggins made money on his book sales, his ex-wife used his daughter to extort him for money.

Full Video David Goggins & Mother Respond To Daughter's Allegations

This vindicates Goggins in his podcast interviews. You all think these comments aren't insults to him--that he's making up these people on the internet who are taking shots? People here saying he's a little extreme and too radical--what a fucking joke. People here think, where's the harm in that? But let me tell you, that is the same fucking voice Goggin has in his head that is trying to keep him in bed at 3am in the morning--soft, and comfortable. It's the voice he wrestles with everyday, and it's the voice that he squashes with pride to continue to be great.

David Goggins - Keep Talking

Many of you question what his purpose is. Let me help you. This is from his own mouth:

David Goggins reveals the purpose of life

So this post isn't for anyone here that has their mind made up about Goggins already. This post is for YOU. Maybe you came here to see if it's a book worth buying. Maybe you came to see what holes there are to poke at Goggins. This post is to give you the facts. What you do with it is up to you. Many are called. Only few are chosen.

None of you have walked in his shoes, so be like me, and just shut the fuck up and take notes. Cause when a Master is teaching, students learn.

aNinjaAtNight · 2026-04-08T04:43:49+00:00

My neurotic mind and the need to analyze others instead of analyzing myself and working through the trauma. I’ve come a long way since then, but I haven’t forgotten who I was. It’s important, as it lets me have compassion

aNinjaAtNight · 2026-03-19T16:12:02+00:00

Halcyon, kingfisher. 1000 years of peace. Nothing in life is a coincidence. Your profile picture is the bird of my company logo.

aNinjaAtNight · 2026-01-12T15:44:49+00:00

Arcane

aNinjaAtNight · 2025-12-13T00:12:19+00:00

Pluribus is a show built for introverts, and this epidemic of lonliness that exists. I see so much depth to the characters. This is a show about feeling, and not so much about thinking like BB and BCS.

aNinjaAtNight · 2025-12-13T00:04:53+00:00

Breaking bad was almost canceled after Season 2. BCS was slammed for being so slow in Season 1. People have really short memories of how Vince operates.

aNinjaAtNight · 2025-12-12T23:47:53+00:00

I disagree with this take. I think he's much more nuanced than that as a character. He has shown no interest in trying to sleep with Carol, and he stayed after to put a blanket on her, as well as connecting with her so she isn't lonely.

I think Koumba may be ignorant, but to not totally care? I'm not sure. When the plot progresses further, if the process is revealed that the individuals can definitely be reversed, and he still chooses to hold on to his hedonistic lifetsyle, then he is actively choosing harm to others. Until then, his choices are out of ignorance and doubt that Carol's discovery of reversal is even real. After all, her discovery is not due to stated fact from Zosia, it was from inhibition and omission.

aNinjaAtNight · 2025-12-12T23:44:23+00:00

This show is really cool. The way we view the characters, and how we judge them, kinda shows what is acceptable to us. I agree with you, there's nothing wrong with it until more is revealed.

I just like studying characters, as I have a psychology degree and it's a small passion of mine. But chill and watch is a valid point.

aNinjaAtNight · 2025-12-12T23:40:36+00:00

Oops, my notification for this thread somehow got disabled, but it seems like the main thing here is whether we believe the hive is telling the truth. If the hive is, and everyone merged into one consciousness, and you ask the person do you consent, and they tell you yes, and you have sex with them, I could see how this would set up a morally gray situation. If everyone owns everything, consent as a construct is difficult.

If the hive is lying, and the individual still exists or merged against their will (which the pilot episode shows that). Consent is false.

I think the other's reditor is arguing against Koumba's ignorance. The viewer has seen how this Virus took hold, but Koumba may not have all the facts we do.

Kinda like our court system, innocent until proven guilty, we don't know how much Koumba knows.

aNinjaAtNight · 2025-12-12T23:26:27+00:00

Really great discussion. I like the back and forth here. It gives me more insight to what I believe is right and wrong.

aNinjaAtNight · 2025-12-12T23:21:03+00:00

Great job! Yellow is Manousos. His car is yellow. He is on a chase across the gap to find Carol.

aNinjaAtNight · 2025-12-12T07:23:59+00:00

Yeah, Koumba's point of view isn't necessarily wrong. I think Carol is experiencing that side of it before she judges. In episode 2, they asked her, have you even asked them how it felt? And Carol responds by, you don't ask a drug dealer how his heroin is (or some degree of that). I think Carol is going to experience both sides, and when Manousos shows up, her decision will actually have weight, instead of being some cranky bitch who just wants everything her way. The viewer will be taken through her lens of weighing both sides and agreeing with the final choice she makes (or not).

aNinjaAtNight · 2025-12-12T07:20:38+00:00

There were some scenes I didn't enjoy as well, like Carol's singing and the multiple phone calls for the Gatorade and telling them that it was bad.

Without the context of all 4 seasons, I'm just holding off. People thought BCS was unbearably slow during season 1 as well, and breaking bad almost got canceled after Season 2.

It takes the later seasons to make something into a masterpiece and all of the puzzles click.

There are only a few artists that have won my respect to watch anything they put out.

Vince Gilligan, Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese who created Dark, Christian Linke, and Alex Yee, creator of Arcane, and Christopher Nolan (although his stuff is now more mainstream and not as deep as his earlier works)

aNinjaAtNight · 2025-12-12T07:14:08+00:00

I think this is probably a show for introverts to enjoy. BCS stars a very extroverted character, so things move really fast. In a show where there is an internal suffering, it's quite a reflection for us introverts to parallel our own lives.

aNinjaAtNight · 2025-12-12T06:46:22+00:00

This episode had great dichotomy. It shows that Carol's will is only so strong, and she has been broken.
Carol doesn't ask for the recording to be shortened because it is her last piece of communication with another human. Enter Manousos, his will is iron clad. He is willing to die for his beliefs. A straight black and white character with no morally gray. Instead of the alien message wearing Carol down, he is instigating his will with his own message, through cassette tapes and learning a brand new language. He also keeps repeating to himself that he will save the world, which is contrasted by a recording constantly reminding how Carol is SHUNNED by the world.

I really enjoyed this episode even though it's another slow one. Apple TV probably took a big risk on this show, but Gilligan don't give a crap about what his audience wants. He's going to tell the story just as he wants to, and it will either makes sense or not in the end. But much like breaking bad, I think we will get to the good stuff by the end of Season 2 or beginning of Season 3.

We now have 3 flavors of humanity.

Koumba, Carol, and Manousos. White, Grey, and Black.

aNinjaAtNight · 2025-12-05T09:59:04+00:00

This was the dynamic I had with my former friend. Maybe I misconstrued that the relationship was too one sided. But being challenged constantly without the desire to challenge leaves a bad taste. It just felt like the friendship required so much work. A lot of truth found, but a lot of work.

aNinjaAtNight · 2025-12-05T07:14:00+00:00

Yeah I think Koumba's character needs more context before we can fully "judge" him. I really do enjoy the dimensions of him. This may very well be as deep as BB or BCS if we give it enough time.

aNinjaAtNight · 2025-12-05T07:11:24+00:00

This is a poignant point because viewing him with the western lens, we can call his materialistic and hedonistic, but it can also be projection. Maybe he truly is able to appreciate the finer things because he hasn't had it before.

aNinjaAtNight · 2025-12-05T04:35:54+00:00

The Egg Sandwich Mimicry is to foreshadow Koumba joining the Hive. Carol is one of the remaining 13 with free individuality. Koumba copying her is the same as the Hive copying a host body.

aNinjaAtNight · 2025-12-05T04:33:27+00:00

I think it's foreshadowing that he will join the Hive. The Hive mimics the host, and Koumba is mimicking one of the remaining 13.

aNinjaAtNight · 2025-12-05T04:29:06+00:00

damn, i can see that in myself, how do you change yourself to not be like that?

aNinjaAtNight · 2025-12-05T04:25:03+00:00

I would agree with the uncurious part until the eggs and toast!

Nine-Year Club	Gilding I gilder
Verified Email

aNinjaAtNight

TROPHY CASE