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Chasing Excellence

Define Success, Eliminate Everything Else

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

🗓️ 6 October 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

I recently joined Greg McKeown on the Essentialism podcast, where we talked about measuring the most important things, learning about my leadership biases, and editing our lives to be sure there's space for the essential few. Here's our conversation.

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0:00.0

I come to train with you.

0:02.4

First day, what do you say?

0:05.3

The first day or two will sit in front of a whiteboard and we'll do a brainstorming session.

0:11.4

And we'll go through all of the things that might take up some mind space, might worry you,

0:18.0

or an issue that we should be thinking about, or anything that could go wrong in training

0:23.7

or in competition.

0:25.6

And then we'll very simply, the next piece of the exercise is, let's categorize these.

0:31.7

Are these things that we can influence and change, or are these things that are ultimately

0:36.3

outside of our control and we should be ignoring?

0:39.6

And then from there, the next part of the piece, the exercise, is let's go through the

0:43.5

and categorize these as controllables or uncontrollables.

0:47.1

80% of things that you think you're worried about are ultimately outside of your control

0:51.7

and literally just get brushed off your shoulder if you practice being able to brush those

0:57.1

things off your shoulders.

0:59.3

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

1:03.8

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

1:08.2

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

1:12.1

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

1:16.2

Our mission is to live on the run.

1:19.0

Always chasing.

1:20.4

Never stop.

1:21.4

Hello, hello, Patrick here.

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