Cameron Hanes: 5 Lessons for Achieving Exceptional Performance
“No matter where you start, you have to put in consistent work.”
Cameron Hanes is a celebrated endurance athlete and bowhunter known for his exceptional feats in both realms.
Hanes has gained recognition for his remarkable endurance, participating in numerous ultra-marathons and extreme physical challenges that push the limits of human performance.
As an author, he shares his experiences, emphasizing the importance of mental toughness and physical fitness.
What can you learn from Hanes? Probably more than you’ll ever need to know, but here are a few things that stood out to me…
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Be willing to make sacrifices. “The truth is, many bowhunters aren’t willing to bleed… What compels me most is the test.”
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You can always be better. “People who become great at something become great because they understand that they’re not already great. They are mediocre, they are average — and that they could be so much better. It’s anti-entitlement.”
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There is no success without training. “Train hard, hunt easy. This means to train so hard that even the most grueling hunts are easy in comparison. That’s what I do and it allows me to be at my very best during the course of even long mountain hunts.”
Many of these quotes and ideas come from Cameron Hanes’ remarkable book, Endure: How to Work Hard, Outlast, and Keep Hammering. Buy your copy right here.
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There is no pause on the path to greatness. “There are no rest days. As irrational as it may seem, in my mind, I’m not good enough to take a day off. And I never will be.”
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Be careful with the routines you choose. “We all have routines. They can be productive or they can be poisonous.”
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