Thursday, December 9, 2021

doubt vs. accepting failure


Jeff Haden, Contributing Editor
: You said during your BUD/S (SEAL training) you were constantly doubting yourself. How did you push through those moments?

Sean Haggerty, Navy Seal: Don't confuse doubting yourself with accepting failure.

Everyone questions whether they can actually accomplish something difficult while they're doing it. That's normal.

The best thing I did was to decide that I was going to go to the absolute extreme, even if I doubted myself. I basically told myself that no matter what, I wouldn't quit. I doubted myself a number of times, but then I put away and thought, "If I fail, I fail...but what I will never do is quit."

That attitude pushes you past a limit you think you have...but you really don't.



Jeff Haden

"Want to Develop Incredible Willpower and Mental Toughness? A Navy SEAL Says Always Do This," Inc.com, January 19, 2017

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