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Chasing Excellence

[ πŸ’­ ] 5 Characteristics of High Performers

Chasing Excellence

Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings

Self-improvement, Selfimprovement, Education, Wellness, Health & Fitness, Goalsetting, Health, Attainability, Fitness

4.8 β€’ 2.2K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 16 July 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

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We’re talking about five characteristics of high performers, exploring concepts such as having a ridiculous work ethic, staying accountable, prioritizing what's important now, taking ownership, and initiating above and beyond expectations.

We share insights and anecdotes from renowned high achievers, including athletes and business leaders, to illustrate how these traits drive exceptional performance and success.

00:00 Introduction and Welcome

00:28 Overview of High Performers' Habits

01:37 Defining High Performers

01:58 Ridiculous Work Ethic

10:42 Accountability and Self-Management

15:44 Thanks to our Sponsors: DUER & Shopify

18:06 Prioritizing the Most Important Task

25:08 Taking Ownership of Your Actions

31:56 The Little Brother Story: Going Above and Beyond

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ABOUT THE SHOW

We answer listener questions about health, fitness, fulfillment, and what it takes to chase what truly matters. New episodes on Tuesdays & Fridays.

ABOUT US

πŸ“ Ben Bergeron is a best-selling author, coach to 7 CrossFit Games champions, and founder of CompTrain. Find him on Instagram.

πŸ“ Patrick Cummings is a long-time CrossFitter, writer, and podcaster. Find him on Instagram.

Transcript

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0:00.0

And the Hello and welcome back to chasing excellence a show about chasing what truly matters.

0:19.2

My name is Patrick Cummings as always I'm here with Ben Bergeron.

0:21.6

How are you my friend? I'm doing really Ben Bergeron. How are you my friend?

0:22.8

I'm doing really well. Thanks Patrick.

0:24.8

Good. Thanks everybody out there for joining us.

0:27.5

This time around we're going to be talking about the five habits of high performers.

0:31.6

We're talking about having ridiculous work ethic, being

0:34.2

accountable, asking what the most important thing is right now, taking ownership

0:38.7

and initiating. I'm excited to get into this. We'll talk a little bit about why we're talking about this in a moment, but first a quick reminder chasing excellence dot email for those folks who aren't over there. Two reasons to check it out. One, join our free newsletter list. We send out an email on Saturdays with a

0:54.6

link to a form and you can ask your questions and we will get as many of them into future

0:58.8

episodes as we can. If while you are there you want to join us inside of the Chase Club, that would be wonderful.

1:04.1

The Chase Club is where we do ad-free episodes, some bonus content, and also where we are starting

1:09.0

our second book club soon.

1:11.6

We are going to be reading The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter. I was actually just reading it before we we started recording here.

1:17.0

So really good so far, excited to get into it with the whole club.

1:21.8

Now's a great time to jump into the chase club we've got a

1:24.1

25% off summer special you don't need any links or codes just if you sign up and

1:28.7

you join us at chasing excellence dot email you will get that 25% off. So we look forward to seeing

1:34.3

everybody over there. All right enough news and notes. High performer this is

1:40.4

I literally this is maybe two weeks ago you did a quick talk to the Comtrane crew

1:44.4

and you had to, you put up a slide saying,

1:46.4

here are the five habits that I've seen across

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