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Chasing Excellence

#051: Learning to Flip Fear Around

Chasing Excellence

Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings

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

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

We're talking about evolutionary sources of fear, the role it has played in my life, & how to use fear to make yourself better.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

It was more fearful if it was,

0:03.2

when I actually had some success as an athlete and crossfit,

0:06.7

starting to get recognized and getting like sponsorships.

0:09.8

And when I got those, I lived in,

0:11.5

I did not enjoy being an athlete anymore.

0:14.2

I lived in fear of being exposed.

0:17.2

I thought that like I wasn't as good

0:18.8

as I was being recognized for

0:20.3

and someone's gonna figure out that I'm not that good at this.

0:23.0

And that was a not fun period in my life.

0:26.8

When I was being successful as an athlete,

0:30.4

was not a fun time.

0:32.7

We are here because we know the outcomes in our lives

0:35.3

are within our control.

0:37.2

That taking absolute ownership of how we eat,

0:39.6

sleep, train, think, and connect with each other

0:42.4

is how we'll optimize our health and happiness.

0:45.4

That chasing excellence is how we grab hold

0:48.0

of what is possible.

0:49.6

Our mission is to live on the wrong.

0:52.2

Always chasing, never stopping.

0:55.5

Hello Ben.

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