Ready to Stop Hesitating and Start Dominating?
The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena
Spartan Races
4.7 • 870 Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2025
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, endurance legend Sean Conway reveals the mindset, discipline, and relentless drive that pushed him to complete 105 Ironmans in 105 days—even after a near-fatal accident!
Discover how to ditch excuses, find your tribe, and stay motivated when the going gets tough. Learn why having no Plan B is the key to pushing limits, breaking records, and achieving what seems impossible. From non-negotiable habits to mental toughness hacks, this episode will fire you up to take action, commit fully, and crush your biggest goals!
Timestamps:
00:20 Intro
00:52 Sean’s devastating cycling accident
02:00 Writing books and motivation behind them
02:56 Joe’s car accident and Ironman experience
03:55 Breaking records and endurance rivalries
05:08 Balancing extreme challenges with family
05:59 Terrier mindset & relentless goal-chasing.
07:11 Finding motivation when you’re stuck
08:35 Building momentum through community
10:28 Why some quit and others keep going
12:11 No plan B strategy to stay in the game
15:53 Non-negotiables and removing decisions
17:19 Overcoming the brain’s resistance to hard work
20:08 Where to find Sean’s work.
20:30 Joe challenges Sean to a Spartan Race
Connect to Sean:
🌐 Website: https://www.seanconway.com/
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seanconwayadventure/
📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MrSeanConway/
▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/conseanway/videos
✖️ Twitter/X: https://x.com/conway_sean
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | People expect achievements too soon. |
| 0:03.0 | I think you've first got to realize that it's important to play the long game. |
| 0:07.0 | You know, everyone's hard as different. |
| 0:08.0 | If it's hard for you, just go do it. |
| 0:10.0 | So I'm a big believer of having no plan B. |
| 0:13.0 | I think if you have a plan B, when things aren't going well, |
| 0:17.0 | you will inevitably take it. |
| 0:19.0 | It's your responsibility to make that first movement forward. |
| 0:21.6 | And then what happens is one person joins you and goes, oh, well, that's an awesome idea, mate. |
| 0:24.6 | Right, this is brilliant. |
| 0:26.6 | Welcome to the Hardway podcast with Joad the Sinha, founder and CEO of Spartan races. |
| 0:31.6 | We're teaching you how to overcome your obstacles in your life the same way we teach our 10 million plus |
| 0:36.6 | Spartans to overcome |
| 0:38.2 | obstacles on the course with insight from the smartest must accomplish experts from every corner of the |
| 0:43.4 | world get ready to elevate your life today joe de senna CEO and founder of spartan hosts the hardway |
| 0:51.2 | podcast i have got the ultimate hard guy. I know that sounds a little |
| 0:55.6 | weird. Sean Conway, check this lunatic out. Makes me look like a complete wimp. He decides to bike |
| 1:03.9 | around the world. Tell me if I get this right, Sean, bike around the world. Pretty much everything's |
| 1:09.0 | going great. It's just, you know, sunshine and roses. And then you |
| 1:13.2 | get to the United States, somebody's staring at a phone while they're driving, they run you over, |
| 1:17.5 | broke your spine. You're in the hospital. The doctors say you're done. Crutches, wheelchair, |
| 1:24.4 | it's over. So you sign up for 105 Iron Man in 105 days. You get it done. |
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