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Chasing Excellence

[ 💭 ] Cultivating Courage & Minimizing Regrets

Chasing Excellence

Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings

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

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

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We explore insights drawn from Bronnie Ware's article on the 5 Regrets of the Dying, based on her observations as a palliative care worker.

We talk through each of the regrets, which reveal the common themes of prioritizing authenticity, meaningful connections, emotional expression, work-life balance, and happiness.

Our conversation dives into the balance of life priorities and the courage required to make changes that lead to a fulfilled life.

⌚ TIMECODE:

00:00 Introduction and Greetings

01:39 The Importance of Contemplating Death

10:05 Regret #1: Not Living True to Oneself

15:22 Regret #2: Working Too Hard

21:41 Thanks to our Sponsors: Shopify & Cozy Earth

23:25 Regret #3: Expressing Feelings

29:51 Regret #4: Staying in Touch with Friends

32:54 Regret #5: Not Choosing Happiness

👋 THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS

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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

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

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

Transcript

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0:30.0

Hello and welcome back to Chasing Excellence show about Chasing, what truly matters. My name is Patrick Cummings and here with Ben Bergeron.

0:36.4

Thank you for tuning in to the show this time around. How you doing Ben?

0:39.7

Doing great. Excited to chat, Pat. I am excited. I always say, so it rolls off the time when I say that, chat, Pat, but I never call you Pat.

0:47.6

I call you Patrick.

0:48.6

I've always called you Patrick, but for some reason when I say that, it's hard not to do. I'm doing great, good to chat. Patrick. Patrick.

0:58.0

Patrick. Two many syllables.

1:00.0

Too many syllables. I need to change it from chat. I'm excited excited for this Patrick. There you go. That's better. Nice work. Good adjustment.

1:06.5

We are going to talk about today the five regrets of the dying. I don't remember why how I came to this but I was listening to somebody podcast and they had mentioned

1:15.4

somebody doing work around the the regrets of the dying and so I did a little googling and I found

1:20.8

what we're going to talk through here is a short article by b R on N I E where W A R W A R E.

1:30.0

She wrote a book called The Five Regrets of the Dying, A Life Transformed by Deerely Departing.

1:36.0

And so we're going to, so what we're going to talk about is a very short article that I imagine is just much

1:39.8

more expanded inside of that book.

1:41.6

So we haven't read the book yet, but we're just going to base it on this

1:44.3

article where she gives us a sense of what the five regrets of the dying are. So that's what we're going to talk about.

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