Iron Hope
Lessons Learned from Conquering the Impossible
James Lawrence
- The
- ultimate
- guide
- to
- mental
- toughness
- by
- James
- “Iron
- Cowboy”
- Lawrence—the
- greatest
- endurance
- athlete
- in
- human
- history.Lawrence’s
- accomplishments
- are
- nearly
- impossible
- to
- comprehend.
- After
- breaking
- two
- Guinness
- World
- Records,
- he
- shattered
- possibilities
- in
- 2015
- by
- completing
- 50
- full-distance
- triathlons
- in
- 50
- states
- in
- 50
- consecutive
- days.
- Yes,
- THE
- IRONMAN®,
- “the
- single
- most
- difficult
- day
- in
- sports”–
- a
- 2.4-mile
- swim,
- 112
- miles
- on
- a
- bike,
- then
- a
- 26.2-mile
- run,
- all
- completed
- in
- under
- 17
- hours.
- It
- is
- a
- race
- so
- intense
- that
- less
- than
- .01%
- of
- the
- population
- have
- completed
- one.Afterwards,
- Lawrence
- subjected
- his
- body
- to
- exhaustive
- physical
- testing,
- to
- every
- genetic
- test
- known
- to
- science.
- The
- stunning
- discovery
- is
- that
- physically,
- James
- Lawrence
- is
- unspecial
- in
- every
- way.
- The
- secret
- to
- his
- bulletproof
- body
- is
- his
- bulletproof
- mentality.Even
- those
- accomplishments
- weren’t
- enough
- for
- James.
- In
- 2021,
- he
- set
- out
- on
- another
- endurance
- endeavor,
- this
- one
- so
- difficult
- he
- wondered
- if
- he
- would
- even
- live.
- He
- set
- out
- to
- complete
- a
- staggering
- 100
- full-distance
- triathlons
- in
- 100
- consecutive
- days.
- By
- persevering,
- he
- wanted
- to
- inspire
- people
- to
- do
- the
- same
- for
- whatever
- difficulties
- they
- are
- going
- through.How
- does
- a
- person
- develop
- the
- mental
- fortitude
- necessary
- to
- overcome
- incredible
- exhaustion,
- immeasurable
- suffering,
- and
- unfathomable
- pain
- in
- order
- to
- achieve
- impossible
- goals?
- With
- Iron
- Hope,
- that’s
- exactly
- what
- James
- “Iron
- Cowboy”
- Lawrence
- shows
- readers
- how
- to
- do.
- Lawrence
- explains
- how
- readers
- can
- forge
- an
- iron
- will
- by
- making
- and
- keeping
- small
- promises
- to
- themselves
- again
- and
- again,
- amassing
- experience
- and
- building
- momentum
- until
- giving
- up
- becomes
- impossible.
- Combine
- a
- big
- dream
- with
- small
- improvements
- repeated
- with
- great
- consistency
- and
- make
- your
- goals
- and
- dreams
- a reality.
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