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Chasing Excellence

#018: Putting Character First

Chasing Excellence

Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings

Holistic Health, Fitness, Wellness, Mindset, Self-improvement, Crossfit, Health, Health & Fitness, Education

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2017

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

We're talking about why I always start with character, the value of spending time in silence, & what most people are missing in their training.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm not trying to build good human beings that make their bed and wash their dishes and say,

0:04.7

please, and thank you because I'm trying to make the world a better place.

0:07.1

I'm doing it because I believe it makes some better competitors.

0:10.4

I am as competitive as anybody else out there.

0:12.8

I might come across as relatively not emotional when I'm coaching and way more about like

0:17.4

sunshine and rainbows and positive thinking.

0:20.2

I do those things because I believe that they're competitive advantage that help people

0:23.6

win.

0:24.6

Period.

0:26.6

What confidence in it has nothing to do with winning or the leaderboard.

0:30.7

What confidence is is knowing that you giving your best efforts is enough.

0:42.0

All right, Ben.

0:43.1

We are sitting on Cape Cobb where you and Katrin and your athletes are just wrapping up.

0:51.9

Training camp and wrapping up.

0:53.1

Games prep and big month.

0:55.5

Big month, including this book, which as we're recording it is only two days old and already

1:02.3

best seller on Amazon.

1:03.3

So congratulations about that.

1:04.7

Thanks.

1:05.7

I wanted to talk to you about the book and about some of the lessons inside of the book.

1:10.4

And the first one or the one I wanted to dive into was something that because you and

1:16.1

I are so close and because I've seen and you know, we've talked so much, a lot of the

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