#101: Reinvestment & Infinite Games
Chasing Excellence
Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings
4.8 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 December 2019
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
We're talking about why reinvesting back into the business is really just investing in yourself, how to know when you're ready to go all-in, and whether I think differently about reinvestment today than I did ten years ago.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, you chasers of excellence, Patrick here. Starting the episode off a bit |
| 0:05.4 | differently this week because I wanted to let you know about a new podcast I've |
| 0:09.3 | just launched with Morning Chalkup called Open Gym. If you like the conversation |
| 0:14.6 | Ben and I have in this episode and you appreciate the other affiliate focus topics |
| 0:19.2 | we've covered over the years, I think you're really going to love Open Gym. I've |
| 0:23.7 | taken a lot of the lessons learned here on Chasing Excellence and I'm |
| 0:26.8 | incorporating them into a show focused on the voices of those inside the |
| 0:30.9 | CrossFit affiliate community who I believe have a valuable perspective worth |
| 0:35.1 | amplifying. All with the mission of helping future proof the affiliate |
| 0:40.3 | community all over the world for many more years to come. You can find Open Gym |
| 0:45.6 | wherever you listen to this podcast and there's a link in the show notes to |
| 0:49.7 | everywhere you can find it. It mean the world to me if you subscribed and gave |
| 0:54.4 | it a listen. Thank you so much in advance and now let's get on with today's |
| 0:59.4 | show. We are here because we know the outcomes in our lives are within our |
| 1:05.0 | control. That taking absolute ownership of how we eat, sleep, train, think and |
| 1:10.1 | connect with each other is how we'll optimize our health and happiness. That |
| 1:14.5 | chasing excellence is how we grab hold of what is possible. Our mission is to |
| 1:19.5 | live on the rock always chasing never stop. Hello and welcome back to another |
| 1:25.8 | episode of Chasing Excellence. How are you been? I'm great Patrick. Thank you. |
| 1:29.5 | Today we are going to dive back into the world of affiliates and running an |
| 1:32.9 | affiliate. Though I think as these often do I think that there'll be a lot of |
| 1:36.4 | transference to other businesses whatever they may be. The subject today is |
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