A miniature staircase of green glass steps crumbling into sand, with a small brown shoe on the bottom step.

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Can't Hurt Me • 2018

David Goggins

We're either getting better or we're getting worse.

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker insists there is no neutral ground: every day a person is either improving or sliding backward. Standing still counts as decline. It is a blunt, demanding view that treats constant progress as the only alternative to gradual deterioration.

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