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Adam Skolnick: How "Can't Hurt Me" Led to "American Tiger"

November 04, 2025 00:43:22

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Adam Skolnick

Adam Skolnick has covered adventure and endurance sports, travel, human rights and the environment for nearly twenty years. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Outside, Wired, Playboy, Lonely Planet, BBC, and Men’s Health, but he's best known as the co-writer and audiobook narrator of the hit David Goggins memoirs, CAN’T HURT ME: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds and NEVER FINISHED: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within (over six million sold combined). He is also the author of ONE BREATH: Freediving, Death and the Quest to Shatter Human Limits, which was featured in the hit Netflix documentary, The Deepest Breath, and is a frequent contributor to the Rich Roll Podcast. You can find him on Instagram @adamskolnick. This is his first novel.
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Author and journalist Adam Skolnick—the writer who helped create David Goggins' bestselling memoir Can't Hurt Me—reveals the untold story behind one of the most influential books of the decade. Adam talks about his ghostwriting process, how Can't Hurt Me changed his career, and what led him to publish his own novel, American Tiger, with Scribe Media. Learn how Adam moved from ghostwriter to novelist, what he discovered about creative freedom and rejection, and why author-owned publishing is transforming the industry.

Keywords: Adam Skolnick interview, David Goggins book, Can't Hurt Me ghostwriter, American Tiger novel, Scribe Media, independent publishing, how to write a book, author success stories

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