#058: Embracing Vulnerability, with Heather Bergeron
Chasing Excellence
Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings
4.8 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2019
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Heather joins us in this episode to talk about living a life of honesty, dealing with the judgments of others, & why being vulnerable is how we can build trust.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I think that the punchline is that vulnerability is the necessary ingredient to breed trust. |
| 0:08.2 | Without it, without us being open ourselves, there's this level of like, I should be guarded |
| 0:13.4 | around you because when you expose yourself, it then other people feel willing to expose |
| 0:20.0 | themselves because there's the level of trust. |
| 0:22.0 | And that's what we try to build into our family above all else. |
| 0:24.7 | I grew up in a family where honesty was the number one virtue. |
| 0:27.2 | It was like the most important thing. |
| 0:29.5 | It wasn't total honesty. |
| 0:31.5 | You know, it's like, there's just like, there's too much measuring going on instead of just |
| 0:38.2 | like letting it all out. |
| 0:40.5 | We are here because we know the outcomes in our lives are within our control. |
| 0:45.0 | That taking absolute ownership of how we eat, sleep, train, think and connect with each |
| 0:49.4 | other is how we'll optimize our health and happiness. |
| 0:53.2 | That chasing excellence is how we grab hold of what is possible. |
| 0:57.4 | Our mission is to live on the run. |
| 1:00.2 | Always chasing. |
| 1:01.2 | Never stop. |
| 1:02.2 | Hello. |
| 1:03.2 | Hello. |
| 1:04.2 | I'm glad you just talked. |
| 1:05.2 | Okay, so today, very exciting. |
| 1:06.2 | We have a few new things that we're going to introduce to the show. |
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