Lauren Johnson on Becoming Elite by Choice
Chasing Excellence
Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings
4.8 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 5 October 2021
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Lauren Johnson is a mental performance coach for professional athletes and entrepreneurs. She joins us to talk about the difference between challenges and threats, the power of self-talk, separating facts from feelings, and more.
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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 | We are here because we know the outcomes in our lives are within our control. |
| 0:10.4 | That taking absolute ownership of how we eat, sleep, train, think and connect with each |
| 0:14.9 | other is how we'll optimize our health and happiness. |
| 0:18.7 | That chasing excellence is how we grab hold of what is possible. |
| 0:22.9 | Our mission is to live on the run. |
| 0:25.7 | Always chasing. |
| 0:26.7 | Never stop. |
| 0:28.2 | Go. |
| 0:29.2 | Hello and welcome back to another episode of chasing excellence. |
| 0:33.5 | Special episode, Ben, we are joined today by Lauren Johnson. |
| 0:37.8 | Lauren, you are a mental performance coach. |
| 0:40.6 | The easiest and fastest way to get to what you do is you work for three or four years |
| 0:44.3 | with the New York Yankees in the world of mental performance. |
| 0:47.6 | I love it. |
| 0:48.6 | If you could just by way of just introduction, how do you talk about what you do? |
| 0:52.8 | How do you describe it? |
| 0:53.8 | How do you tell people? |
| 0:55.5 | How do you describe what it is you do when people ask? |
| 0:57.8 | Really, is I help people improve performance in their lives by making elite choices, helping |
| 1:05.0 | them to develop their ability to make the best choices by leveraging the power of our minds. |
| 1:10.7 | Like I said earlier, I studied sport and performance psychology. |
| 1:13.7 | I didn't just study about sport. |
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