#025: The Value of Thinking Big
Chasing Excellence
Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings
4.8 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 29 November 2017
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
We're talking about how CFNE, CompTrain, Project:Elevation, & working with Elite CrossFit Games athletes are all part of the same mission.
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| 0:00.0 | So in the beginning times, I think just like your passion run, right? |
| 0:03.6 | We're not in the beginning times this. |
| 0:04.7 | We've been doing this for 10, 12 years. |
| 0:06.4 | So this is my 12th year of being a coach, a strength edition coach. |
| 0:11.5 | So I'm not at the early stage of this. |
| 0:13.4 | It's the foundation's been laid and now it's time to make sure with all the people |
| 0:17.4 | that are on my team, we're steering in the right direction. |
| 0:19.4 | It'd be so irresponsible now for me to be like today, it's to be like, let's |
| 0:22.4 | just kill it today, guys. |
| 0:24.2 | It's like that to the more. |
| 0:26.4 | But in the beginning, if I'd been like, here's where we're going, here's where I'm going. |
| 0:31.2 | I have my path planned out. |
| 0:32.8 | Right now, I'd probably be a strength edition coach for a college and nowhere near |
| 0:38.5 | is satisfied with what I've been able to accomplish. |
| 0:41.8 | What confidence has nothing to do with winning or the leaderboard. |
| 0:46.0 | What confidence is is knowing that you giving your best efforts is enough. |
| 0:56.4 | Good. |
| 0:58.4 | Good. |
| 0:59.4 | Good. |
| 1:02.4 | Talk about something a little bit different today. |
| 1:05.8 | We there's there's there's no lack of thinking big or no lack of ideas or ambition here. |
| 1:14.8 | And when I say here, not only do I mean CF any, but also with the various projects |
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