#114: Complain Less, Communicate More
Chasing Excellence
Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings
4.8 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 March 2020
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
We're talking about how you can raise concerns and have difficult conversations without feeling like you're whining, complaining, or making excuses.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | They're not at odds. |
| 0:01.4 | It is never one, never can plane, |
| 0:05.3 | but truth, it's truth above all else pursuing excellence. |
| 0:08.0 | It's like those three things work in synergy together. |
| 0:11.6 | The only way we're going to be able to pursue excellence |
| 0:13.3 | to get better is if we always communicate. |
| 0:16.1 | Well, when we communicate, let's not make sure |
| 0:18.2 | we're not just whining, you're doing it |
| 0:19.8 | with right intention and tactics. |
| 0:22.1 | We are here because we know the outcomes in our lives |
| 0:24.6 | are within our control. |
| 0:26.5 | The taking absolute ownership of how we eat, |
| 0:29.0 | sleep, train, think, and connect with each other |
| 0:31.8 | is how we'll optimize our health and happiness. |
| 0:34.9 | That chasing excellence is how we grab hold of what is possible. |
| 0:39.0 | Our mission is to live on the run. |
| 0:41.7 | Always chasing, never stopping. |
| 0:45.2 | Hello and welcome back to another episode of chasing excellence. |
| 0:48.9 | How have you been? |
| 0:49.7 | Doing great, thanks Patrick. |
| 0:51.0 | Today we're going to talk about a subject that has popped up |
| 0:54.9 | once or twice in questions people have sent us, |
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