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Chasing Excellence

From Autopilot to Crash Landing: The 7 Habits of Highly Ineffective People

Chasing Excellence

Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings

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

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

The 3 Big Questions We're Answering: 

1. What are the key habits that lead to personal ineffectiveness, and how can we recognize and shift away from them in our daily lives? 

2. How can understanding the difference between being reactive and proactive enhance our overall well-being and effectiveness in different areas of life? 

3. In what ways can collaboration and teamwork contribute to achieving our goals and creating a more fulfilling life, rather than relying solely on individual efforts? 

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🤙 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.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

We believe health is the foundation that unlocks freedom.

0:07.1

The freedom to live fully, to be an asset and not a burden, and to chase what truly matters.

0:13.4

Through daily practices and proven frameworks, we are here to help you build deep health,

0:19.2

find lasting peace, and live with your heart on fire.

0:24.3

Welcome to the chase.

0:26.7

Hello and welcome back to the show.

0:29.3

Hello, Ben. How are you?

0:30.5

Doing great, Patrick.

0:32.0

Thanks everybody for joining us. We're going to have some fun this time.

0:35.0

I every once in a while have a clever idea. This was one of them.

0:38.0

I was walking around at some point. And I said, ah, the seven habits of highly ineffective people.

0:43.2

That would be interesting and fun to talk about. So that's what we're going to do. I tasked you.

0:47.9

I asked you. I said, hey, I've got this fun idea. Come up with seven anti-habits, seven opposite of Stephen Covey's habits.

0:55.0

And so for folks who don't know, we have certainly talked about it before.

0:57.7

We haven't talked about it in a while.

0:59.0

I actually have it next to me.

1:00.0

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey.

1:03.4

It's a book that came out, I think, in the 70s or 80s.

1:06.1

I think I should know that.

1:07.3

But it's a book we love that we highly recommend. And we're going to today talk about the

1:13.3

opposite of those seven habits. And so I'm just going to lead in with a bit of a quote from the

1:18.9

book itself just to give us a place to start. And then, Ben, you're going to walk us through what

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