#119: Success Isn't About Working Harder
Chasing Excellence
Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings
4.8 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 6 April 2020
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
This week's episode is borrowed from Jason Khalipa's podcast, Business of Fitness. Down at WODapalooza this year, Ben & Jason sat down to talk about managing, working hard, delegation, & leadership.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, hello Patrick here. We've got something a little bit different this week. |
| 0:04.6 | A few months ago when life was, let's just call it normal, Ben had a chance to sit |
| 0:10.3 | down with Jason Calipa down at Wata Paloza and they recorded an episode for |
| 0:15.2 | Jason's podcast which is called The Business of Fitness. Jason and the crew |
| 0:19.2 | there were kind enough to send over the interview and we wanted to play it here |
| 0:23.2 | for your enjoyment. We'll be back next week with a regular episode. I hope you're |
| 0:29.0 | all doing well. I hope you're all staying safe and I hope you're all staying sane. |
| 0:34.0 | Bye. We are here because we know the outcomes in our lives are within our |
| 0:39.8 | control. That taking absolute ownership of how we eat, sleep, train, think and |
| 0:44.9 | connect with each other is how we'll optimize our health and happiness. That |
| 0:49.2 | chasing excellence is how we grab hold of what is possible. Our mission is to |
| 0:54.3 | live on the run. Always chasing. Never stop. All right everybody and welcome back to |
| 1:01.0 | our episode of The Business of Fitness Podcast. I'm Jason Cleapin on today's |
| 1:04.4 | episode. We have Ben Burjran. Now this episode is long overdue. Ben and I have known |
| 1:11.4 | each other for years and years and years as he developed CrossFit New England. |
| 1:15.5 | We started developing previously NorCal Cross which is now NC Fit and over the |
| 1:20.4 | years there's been this a lot of mutual respect and we've both expanded and |
| 1:24.2 | multiple different verticals with our businesses and we've learned a lot and we |
| 1:28.6 | talk about that today. The highs and lows he dives into a variety of different |
| 1:32.4 | subjects that I think we're extremely powerful. What he's seen in the industry |
| 1:36.4 | please note this will not be the last time Ben and I talk on this subject because |
| 1:40.9 | I think as an industry when he continued collaborating, discussing and raising |
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