I expected to like this book because I like books about people shaking up their daily routines. (I once conducted a 30 day experiment of gluing on fake lashes to see the impact it had on my life.) But wearing fake eyelashes and training with a Navy SEAL are very things and I'm no workout junkie. I didn't expect to be inspired to look at my own life differently and I definitely didn't expect to cry at the end! ( )

Loved it! What a fun read. kudos to the author for being so dedicated to the training. It sounded terrible. The descriptions of the SEAL were classic. being married to the founder of Lululemon didnt hurt with being able to live this lifestyle. WOuld read again for entertainment. ( )

Really couldn't stand the writing style. ( )

A fairly uninspiring "inspirational book". I read this since it was on a pmarca top books list, and generally Marc's recommendations have been excellent. This one just didn't seem very interesting, and also didn't have a great message. It's the story of a sort-of-gratingly-annoying rich guy from entertainment and "deals" who decides to hire "Seal" (an unnamed Navy SEAL and ultra endurance athlete who is actually David Goggins) as a live-in personal trainer for 31 days. The parts focused on Goggins were a weird mix of repetitive/boring (100 pushups, 1000 pushups, 10 miles run, whatever, again and again) and strangely artificial/clueless (hyping up his paranoia and extreme modern reverence for anything military by everyone else). "Seal" is not particularly representative of Navy SEALs generally -- he is his own special thing.

I definitely would read the biography of Goggins, however. ( )

Living With a Seal is an interesting book. This is about business man Jesse Itzler and his goal to improve himself by hiring a Navy Seal to move in with him and personally train Jesse for 30 days. The book is a diary of this month. The book is humorous if doing thousands of push-ups and tons of running is funny. I really expected more in details on training and ideas I could gather for self improvement. However while more of an entertainment book it could be summed up in just doing pushups and running. It is a quick read and it keeps enough interest to finish it. Not sure if I would really recommend it to anyone else. ( )