Endure: How to Work Hard, Outlast, and Keep Hammering

by Cameron R. Hanes

Life has a way of squelching dreams.

Truth is, each one of us can attain even the loftiest of goals by simply being relentless, every second, every minute, every day. Keep grinding, working, get knocked down, then get back

up, let people talk shit and smile, because if you’re focused and driven, no one has the power to stop you.

The journey is the reward.

The Greek philosopher Heraclitus said, “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.”

My entire life I was obsessed with finding the hardest men that walked this planet Earth. I sought them in the most difficult jobs in the military and the endurance events in which I participated. I had no idea I would come across such a savage due to a chance encounter. I have trained with many of the toughest and hardest men on the planet and only one stands out. That one is Cameron Hanes. Now if any of you know who I am, I am not saying this for a passage in his book, I am saying it because it is truth.

His children exemplify a work ethic and discipline that is rare these days all of which was learned by watching their father extract every last bit of his soul to be his best.

I used to think I was out here alone, never thinking someone was out here working as hard as I was. I now know there is another.

“You don’t need anyone’s permission to chase your dreams.”