#106: Behind the Scenes of My TEDx Talk
Chasing Excellence
Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings
4.8 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 6 January 2020
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
We're going behind the scenes of my recent TEDx talk, talking about the kind of prep I did, the process of cutting it from 50 minutes to 12, and what it was like working with a coach.
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| 0:00.0 | What I like to I appreciate it is um coach Kimberly |
| 0:03.9 | She this is the most prepared you're going to be |
| 0:08.9 | For where you are right now. That's why you're ready to go now |
| 0:13.0 | This is part of your journey. You will be a better speaker after this |
| 0:16.8 | It doesn't mean we wait to do this what we talk about in this podcast like you don't wait you go and do it |
| 0:22.0 | Catcher is gonna be a better athlete next year |
| 0:24.1 | And that doesn't mean we wait till next year |
| 0:26.0 | She's still trying to compete and do it this year because you're gonna learn so much along the way |
| 0:29.6 | So you do what you can with what you have for where you are |
| 0:33.2 | We are here because we know the outcomes in our lives are within our control |
| 0:37.6 | That taking absolute ownership of how we eat sleep trained think and connect with each other is how we'll optimize our health and happiness |
| 0:46.0 | That chasing excellence is how we grab hold of what is possible |
| 0:50.1 | Our mission is to live on the rock always chasing |
| 0:54.1 | never stop |
| 0:56.3 | And welcome back to another episode of chasing excellence. How are you sir? Good sir today |
| 1:02.3 | Today we are going to discuss something that um, I'm I'm personally very curious about before recording |
| 1:07.9 | I was saying that this is this this episode is just an excuse for me to ask questions that I've been curious about anyways |
| 1:13.6 | Perfect as it it's it's it's related to the Ted talk that you recently went out to California. Yep. Yeah, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara. So |
| 1:22.7 | um |
| 1:23.8 | Because here here's kind of the context to it is I think that and and I I think this because I because I I feel like I've done it before is that I'll watch and |
| 1:32.6 | Ted's a great example, but it's like it's public speaking in general |
| 1:37.0 | And you watch people who are really good at it really skilled at it experience that and you think oh like you're just like that's |
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