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

by Cameron R. Hanes

The true art of a full life is to minimize those moments when your inner bitch wins the battle and maximizes your ability to rise and grind.

In his world there are no days off. Days you are not getting better are days wasted.

LIFE IS NEVER MADE UNBEARABLE BY CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT ONLY BY A LACK OF MEANING AND PURPOSE. – VIKTOR FRANKL

NOBODY CARES You make a good shot this season? Nobody cares. Work harder! You miss this season? Nobody cares. Work harder! You got a promotion at work? Nobody cares. Work harder! Your dog died? Nobody cares. Work harder! You won the Super Bowl? Nobody cares. Work harder! Your battery died? Nobody cares. Work harder! You couldn’t finish the marathon? Nobody cares. Work harder! You won the marathon? Nobody cares. Work harder! Run to the monument at the top of Mount Pisgah? Nobody cares. Work harder! Nobody really cares about your goals. Nobody cares about your excuses for not achieving what you said you would or what you thought you deserved. You want people to care? Then do something special. Do something that people can’t ignore, easily dismiss, or one-up. Recent success? Yesterday means nothing. Recent failure? Yesterday means nothing. Yesterday means NOTHING. Give all you have to today. Worry about tomorrow, tomorrow. What you’ve accomplished in the past means nothing. We don’t rest on laurels here. Time to work!!!!

As always, I shared what I was doing instead of telling others what they should do.

“I dreamt this so clearly, so precisely, and so frequently that it has manifested itself into reality.” —Conor McGregor

“Sometimes your motivation needs to be because no one else wants to fucking do it. We need doctors, we need lawyers, we need dentists, we need teachers. We also need fucking savages.” —David Goggins on Instagram

LOVE ONE ANOTHER Take time to think about what you’re grateful for. I love doing this while I’m on my runs. Pray for people going through hard times. Not just family and friends but also people you work with and encounter. Be grateful to know the stories and the suffering others have to go through. Think about those you’ve lost and honor their memory. Make sure the people you love know that you love them. If you love someone, tell them. If you value someone’s friendship, tell them. If someone inspires you, tell them. If you’ve hurt someone, tell them you’re sorry. Life is too short to be bitter, prideful, or vengeful. Tell them how you feel sooner rather than later as tomorrow isn’t guaranteed.