Inspirational Books- to Never Give Up
Never Give Up by Bear Grylls
From the World’s Ultimate Adventurer — A Blueprint for Courage, Resilience, and Living Without Limits
When life knocks you down — in the wild or in the everyday grind — what keeps you moving forward?
In Never Give Up, Bear Grylls, the legendary adventurer, TV host, and former SAS soldier, takes you behind the scenes of his most intense missions and personal battles. From near-fatal parachute jumps to navigating some of the world’s harshest environments, Grylls reveals the mindset, habits, and grit it takes to push through fear, pain, and doubt.
This isn’t just a memoir of adventure — it’s a masterclass in perseverance from a man who has made a career out of defying the odds.
Never Give Up is more than an adventure story — it’s a challenge to embrace life fully, to persevere against impossible odds, and to discover the strength you didn’t know you had.
Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why: True Stories of Miraculous Endurance and Sudden Death
Deep Survival is more than a book — it’s a survival manual for your brain. Whether you’re facing the wilderness, a business crisis, or a personal challenge, it will change the way you think about danger, risk, and resilience.
When the Wild Turns Against You — What Will Decide Your Fate?
One wrong turn. One unexpected storm. One bad decision. Suddenly, your survival depends not on your gear, but on your mind.
In Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why, Laurence Gonzales takes you inside the world’s most extreme survival stories — from mountaineers trapped on icy peaks to sailors lost at sea — and reveals the hidden mental and emotional factors that separate those who make it from those who don’t.
Blending gripping real-life accounts with cutting-edge science, Gonzales uncovers the surprising psychology of survival. You’ll discover why highly skilled people sometimes fail, how ordinary individuals achieve the extraordinary, and the mental tools that could save your life in a crisis.
When Your Life Depends On It: Extreme Decision Making Lessons from the Antarctic
Unlock the Secrets of Survival — and Apply Them to Your Life Today
Step into the boots of history’s greatest Antarctic explorers — Shackleton, Amundsen, Scott, Mawson — and experience the peril, courage, and split-second decisions that meant the difference between triumph and tragedy.
In When Your Life Depends on It, Brad Borkan and David Hirzel fuse gripping true stories with actionable lessons in leadership, resilience, and decision-making. This isn’t just history — it’s a playbook for making smart choices when the stakes are high, whether in the boardroom, the backcountry, or your everyday life.
“Puts you in the explorers’ shoes — you’ll find yourself asking, What would I do?” – Debbie Young
“A page-turner with lessons that will stay with you for life.” – David Wilson
Living Untethered by Michael A Singer
Freedom Isn’t Out There — It’s Within You
What if you could step beyond fear, stress, and constant mental chatter — and live in a state of peace no matter what life throws at you?
In Living Untethered, bestselling author of The Untethered Soul Michael A. Singer takes you on a profound inner journey to free yourself from the mental and emotional patterns that hold you back. With clarity, compassion, and practical guidance, Singer reveals how to untangle from the “human predicament” — the constant push and pull of thoughts, emotions, and external circumstances — and live in harmony with life as it unfolds.
This isn’t theory — it’s a hands-on guide to liberation, written by a spiritual teacher whose work has transformed millions of lives.
Living Untethered is more than a book — it’s an invitation to step out of the prison of your mind and into a life of openness, peace, and possibility.
Pushing The Limits: Life Marathons & Kokoda by Kurt Fearnley
Pushing the Limits isn’t just about sport — it’s about living without excuses. Whether you’re an athlete, a dreamer, or someone facing your own uphill climb, Kurt’s story will make you believe you can go further than you ever thought possible.
No Finish Line Is Too Far — When You Refuse to Stop
Born without the lower portion of his spine, Kurt Fearnley could have accepted a life of limits. Instead, he chose a life of extraordinary possibility.
In Pushing the Limits, Kurt takes you inside his incredible journey — from winning Paralympic gold and conquering the world’s toughest marathons, to crawling the entire 96km Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea to honor war veterans. With grit, humor, and an unshakable belief in human potential, Kurt shows that the only limits that matter are the ones you set yourself.
Can’t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy The Odds by David Goggins
The Only Limits Are the Ones You Accept
Childhood abuse. Poverty. Prejudice. Obesity. Learning disabilities. David Goggins faced them all — and refused to let any of them define him.
In Can’t Hurt Me, the retired Navy SEAL, ultra-endurance athlete, and world record holder reveals the powerful mental toughness principles that transformed his life from broken to elite. Goggins’ story isn’t just about physical feats — it’s about rewiring your mind to push past pain, silence fear, and crush the limitations you thought were permanent.
Through raw storytelling and actionable challenges, Goggins shows how anyone can break through barriers and build an unshakable will.
Can’t Hurt Me isn’t just a book — it’s a call to arms. Read it, do the work, and you’ll discover the savage within who refuses to quit.
Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win The War Within by David Goggins
The Toughest Battles Are Fought in Your Head
Most people stop when they’re tired. David Goggins stops when he’s done.
In Never Finished, the follow-up to his bestselling phenomenon Can’t Hurt Me, the world’s most extreme endurance athlete and retired Navy SEAL returns with a brutally honest, no-excuses blueprint for breaking through mental and physical limits. Goggins lays bare his own struggles — from crushing self-doubt to intense setbacks — and shows how he fought back to build the mental armor that keeps him going when others quit.
This isn’t a feel-good pep talk. It’s a raw, unfiltered guide to forging the discipline, resilience, and relentless drive you need to win the war within.
Never Finished is more than a book — it’s a mental weapon. Read it, use it, and you’ll never look at your own limits the same way again.
The Never Quit Mindset: Unlock the Hidden Mental/Physical Toughness Inside Us All by Stew Smith
The Never Quit Mindset isn’t just a book — it’s your blueprint for unlocking the mental and physical toughness you didn’t even know you had.
In this empowering and action-driven guide, you’ll learn how to push beyond your limits, silence self-doubt, and turn adversity into fuel for success. Through powerful stories, actionable strategies, and a proven framework, this book shows you how to tap into the inner resilience that elite athletes, military leaders, and high performers rely on every day.
Whether you’re chasing personal goals, battling through challenges, or striving for greatness, The Never Quit Mindset will give you the courage and clarity to keep moving forward — no matter how tough the journey gets.
Don’t Give Up, Don’t Give in by Louis Zamperini
From Olympic Glory to POW Survivor — A Legacy of Unbreakable Spirit
What does it take to endure the unimaginable — and come out stronger?
In Don’t Give Up, Don’t Give In, legendary World War II hero and Olympian Louis Zamperini shares the wisdom he earned from a life filled with astonishing triumphs and crushing trials. From competing in the Berlin Olympics, to surviving 47 days adrift in the Pacific, to enduring brutal years in a Japanese POW camp, Zamperini’s story is a masterclass in resilience, faith, and the human will to survive.
This inspiring memoir, completed shortly before his passing, is more than a recounting of history — it’s a guide to living with courage, compassion, and an unshakable refusal to quit.
Don’t Give Up, Don’t Give In is more than a memoir — it’s a call to action to meet life’s toughest moments with strength and grace. Louis Zamperini’s voice will remind you that, no matter the challenge, the human spirit can rise above it.