Important Details, Strong Networks, & Simpler Lives
Chasing Excellence
Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings
4.8 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 27 July 2021
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
In this edition of our 3x3, I'm talking through some of the small things that CrossFit New England does well, how I think about building stronger relationships, and ways to make our lives simpler.
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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.
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| 0:00.0 | If it's 5.25 at night and I have 37 unread emails, but I also know that I want to get home to my family for family dinner. |
| 0:10.1 | Mm-hmm. That's not simple anymore. |
| 0:12.9 | Like that's a lot, that's a lot, there's a lot of layers of complexity into that. |
| 0:16.0 | Like what do I do? |
| 0:17.8 | And if you are able to prioritize ahead of time, how these things stack, well then you don't need to make that decision at that point. |
| 0:26.5 | So for me, it's always going to be, if it push comes to shove, if it's what begins to, it's family is going to come first. |
| 0:33.5 | Like it's just, it is. |
| 0:35.5 | So in that situation, I'm going to go home. |
| 0:38.5 | Similar to that is Heather's dad, my father-in-law got sick a while back. |
| 0:45.5 | And you know, I own a couple of businesses and I coach athletes, I have a lot of things to do and meetings today. |
| 0:51.5 | But because I have that set up ahead of time, I know the priority. |
| 0:56.5 | When he got sick, she called me in the car on my way to work and I just, without even, I just turned my car around. |
| 1:03.5 | And she's like, no, you got to go to work. I know you have this, this, this, this to do today. |
| 1:06.5 | And it was like, no, it's really easy, Heather, to do this. |
| 1:10.5 | That will be okay. I'll just do, I'll get everything covered, like as we are driving down, you know, it's Connecticut, the next state over. |
| 1:16.5 | So again, it makes it really simple to make some harder decisions. |
| 1:21.5 | If you make the decisions ahead of time by prioritizing. |
| 1:24.5 | We are here because we know the outcomes in our lives are within our control. |
| 1:29.5 | That taking absolute ownership of how we eat, sleep, train, think and connect with each other is how we'll optimize our health and happiness. |
| 1:37.5 | That chasing excellence is how we grab hold of what is possible. |
| 1:41.5 | Our mission is to live on the run. |
| 1:43.5 | Always chasing, never stop. |
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