Two tin cans face each other, joined by taut red thread above a small wooden block against sage green.

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Can't Hurt Me ‧ 2018

David Goggins

The most important conversations you'll ever have are the ones you'll have with yourself.

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The saying gives private self-talk greater importance than conversations with anyone else. That ranking directs attention inward, treating one's own voice as a consequential companion. The sweeping wording makes an ordinary experience sound worth taking seriously, without specifying what those inner conversations should contain.

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