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Chasing Excellence

Chasing Athletic Perfectionism

Chasing Excellence

Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings

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

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Perfectionism is a curse amplified by highlight reels on social media. How can we learn to stop judging ourselves, develop hindsight in the present moment, and focus on our character? That’s what we’re unpacking this week.

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👉🏼 Ben Bergeron is a best-selling author, coach to 7 CrossFit Games champions, and founder of CompTrain.

👉🏼 Patrick Cummings is a long-time CrossFitter, podcaster, and creator of Functional Branding.

Transcript

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0:00.0

We are here because we know the outcomes in our lives are within our control.

0:10.4

That taking absolute ownership of how we eat, sleep, train, think and connect with each

0:14.9

other is how we'll optimize our health and happiness.

0:18.7

That chasing excellence is how we grab hold of what is possible.

0:22.8

Our mission is to live on the run.

0:25.6

Always chasing.

0:26.8

Never stop.

0:28.1

Hello and welcome back to another episode of chasing excellence.

0:31.8

How are you Ben?

0:32.8

No, great.

0:33.8

Thanks Patrick.

0:34.8

Today we're going to talk about something that's popped up once or twice.

0:39.0

Just as I've been reading stuff, paying attention to stuff.

0:42.6

It struck me as perhaps worth a conversation and a couple of triggers to the conversation.

0:48.2

One, I just kind of ran them.

0:49.8

This was, I have a little article up here.

0:52.2

One was this in March, early March, I think.

0:56.2

There was a soccer player at Stanford University.

1:01.7

Her name is Katie Myers or Katie Meyer.

1:05.0

She killed herself.

1:06.7

This came as a shock to everybody.

1:09.4

This isn't really what we're going to talk about, but this is just part of one of the

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