Have you heard of the "Cookie Jar" mindset hack from David Goggins?

𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣, 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙, 𝙚𝙭𝙝𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙, 𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙙, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙥 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 

𝙂𝙤 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝘾𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙚 𝙅𝙖𝙧.  

Ultramarathon runner and former Navy Seal David Goggins (and author of Can't Hurt Me) has been interviewed on many popular podcasts and talks about a mindset hack called the 'Cookie Jar'.

The Cookie Jar is to help you get past the toughest obstacles, when self doubt creeps in, when you are wiped out and want to quit. 

But we know that your success lies just past that point of wanting to quit. 

What is the Cookie Jar? 

Imagine a large jar into which you place all of your past accomplishments—the things you did which you once believed would be too terrifying, too difficult, or too impossible. 

But you did them anyway. 

You transcended your own self-limiting belief. 

Those are the "cookies" you place in the jar. 

When...

On Mindset Hackers I will give you the 5 step formula for crushing your biggest goals and how to stay on top of them through the entire year.

It's the 3rd week of January and its the time where most people start letting off the gas on their goals. They say that 92% of people fail at their new years resolution, yet we hear all about S.M.A.R.T goals in the corporate world.

SMART Goals are Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Time Bound.

What is attainable? Everything! What is realistic? Codeword for 'I don't want you to fail so be realistic'.

Ultra-athlete, best selling author and former Navy Seal David Goggins knows all about the breaking through what we think is 'realistic'.

In his mind, he calls this the 'governor', like the device that is on a sports car that limits how fast it can go. A Porsche could go 190 without a governor, but at 135 miles per hour its cuts off the gas and prevents it from going that fast.

According to David Goggins, when we start to want to tap...

How do you embrace the suck when you feel...

Beat down.

Exhausted.

Depleted.

Like an imposter.

Full of self doubt.

Like you cannot take one more step.

Go to your Cookie Jar

David Goggins, former Navy Seal and Ultra-Athlete has a mindset tool that he uses for such scenarios to get him through.

He calls it "The Cookie Jar."

What is the Cookie Jar?

Imagine a large jar into which you place all of your past accomplishments—the things you did which you once believed would be too terrifying, too difficult, or too impossible.

But you did them anyway.

You transcended your own self-limiting belief.

You conquered in the face of adversity!

Those are the "cookies" you place in the jar.

When you are confronted by obstacles in life that feel too overwhelming, remember to go into your cookie jar and remove cookies of past accomplishments and draw from your past victories.

They are placed there to remind you that you can do it.

Have you made yourself a cookie jar to call upon when it gets...