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Chasing Excellence

Don't Stop Until You're Proud

Chasing Excellence

Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings

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

4.8 β€’ 2.2K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 16 November 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

We've got my co-writer on Unlocking Potential, Christine Bald, on to talk about the process of writing a book, getting things wrong until you get it right, balancing patience and ambition, and a bunch more.

Find us on Social: Christine | Ben | Patrick

πŸ‘‰πŸΌ Ben Bergeron is a best-selling author, coach to 7 CrossFit Games champions, and founder of CompTrain.

πŸ‘‰πŸΌ Patrick Cummings is a long-time CrossFitter, podcaster, and creator of Functional Branding.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, how are you Patrick here? The quick introduction to this week's episode. If you listen to or

0:07.1

watched last week's episode, you will know that Ben has a new book out called Unlocking Potential.

0:13.1

You can find it on the Amazon's. Just give it a quick search or I'm sure at this point. Ben has

0:19.5

posted on Instagram so you can find some links there as well. Either way, Unlocking Potential is

0:24.3

the name of the book. In the last week's episode, we talked about some of the big ideas inside the

0:28.4

book. And this week, I'm really excited. We're joined by Christine Bald. Christine is Ben's co-writer

0:34.4

on this project. I really wanted to have her in to talk about the process of writing a book.

0:41.0

We talk a lot on this show about focusing on the process. And from my perspective, watching Ben

0:46.7

and Christine work on this book for the last few years, I thought it was a great example of what

0:51.6

it means to focus on the process. And so that's what we're going to talk about in this episode.

0:56.6

Again, if you haven't yet, check out the book. It's called Unlocking Potential. Let's get into the

1:00.4

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

1:06.7

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

1:11.9

is how we'll optimize our health and happiness. That chasing excellence is how we grab hold

1:17.6

of what is possible. Our mission is to live on the run. Always chasing. Never stop.

1:24.3

Hello, and welcome back to another episode of chasing excellence. Today we are joined by

1:31.6

mutual friend. And somebody I think a lot of folks know of, but probably haven't heard the

1:37.3

voice of in a before. We're joined by Christine Bald. How are you, Christine?

1:42.5

I'm great. Thanks so much for having me.

1:44.8

Please, we're pumped for it. So obviously you are, the three of us are good friends.

1:49.6

This will be your introduction to the show. But like I said, I think a lot of people at least know

1:54.0

you, maybe your name and certainly your work. A lot of folks will know, we'll have read much of

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