507: Sacrifice, Failure and Pain, A 100 Days of Hell Success Story w/The Iron Cowboy
BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast
BiggerPockets
4.8 • 16.5K Ratings
🗓️ 19 September 2021
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
Finishing a triathlon is a grueling achievement, only accomplished by those who are in peak physical and mental condition. Once finished, the top of the top go on to train for an Ironman, arguably the toughest triathlon on the planet. One hundred and forty miles of pain and pressure, broken up into a two-mile swim, a one hundred and twelve-mile bike ride, and a twenty-six-mile run. This is not a race for the faint of heart, and if you can finish just one, you have bragging rights forever.
What would it take for someone to finish not one ironman, not two, not ten, not twenty, but 100 consecutive Ironman races, back to back? Wake up, swim, bike, and run over one hundred and forty miles, go to sleep, and do it all over again. That’s what James “Iron Cowboy” Lawrence did, smashing through world records and personal goals.
James sits down with Brandon and David today to talk about mental toughness, creating goals that scare you, gradually working your way up to mastery, and asking “what am I willing to sacrifice to reach the end?” James had to run a business, take care of his seven-person family, and compete for more than a quarter of a year straight. If he can conquer one of the greatest physical and mental feats the world has ever witnessed, what’s stopping you from accomplishing your goals?
In This Episode We Cover:
Pushing yourself past the limit to see what you’re truly capable of
Breaking multiple world records and developing mental toughness
Why your goals should scare you enough to pursue them
Why you don’t need to 10x your output and the importance of small steps
Finding what you’re willing to sacrifice to reach your goal
Why every great athlete, entrepreneur, and leader needs a rockstar team
Choosing the person who “doesn’t break” under hard circumstances
And So Much More!
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James “Iron Cowboy” Lawrence's Website
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| 0:00.0 | This is the bigger pockets podcast show five oh seven. |
| 0:03.9 | Every single time I'm doing something big, I'm like, this is it. |
| 0:06.7 | Like when I'm done, this one, I am done. |
| 0:09.5 | And then you finish it and you look back on it. |
| 0:12.1 | And it's like anything when you're pushing limits and boundaries, dude, it's super |
| 0:16.4 | tough when you're in the middle of it. |
| 0:18.2 | And if you're truly pushing limits, then it's the hardest thing you've ever done |
| 0:21.2 | to that moment. But then when you accomplish it, right, you take a look back, |
| 0:24.6 | you analyze it and you're like, ah, okay, I learned here, I grew here, you know, |
| 0:29.6 | and then you've got different perception and perspective on what was happening. |
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