[ 💭 ] Let the Small Things Go
Chasing Excellence
Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings
4.8 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 3 September 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
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We’re talking about building tolerance for minor inconveniences to improve our overall mental fitness and resilience.
Inspired by a previously discussed tactic of letting go of minor irritations, we explore practical examples and strategies to handle everyday disruptions more gracefully.
⌚TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Introduction and Welcome
01:00 Quick Recommendation Roundup
04:01 Parenting Insights and Personal Stories
07:14 Thanks to Our Sponsors: Thesis & LMNT
09:53 Understanding and Managing Inconveniences
14:55 Mental Fitness Training
25:10 Breathwork and Stress Management
29:34 Conclusion and Wrap-Up
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❤️🔥 ABOUT THE SHOW
We answer listener questions about health, fitness, fulfillment, and what it takes to chase what truly matters. New episodes on Tuesdays & Fridays.
🤙 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 | And the Hello and welcome back to Chasing Excellence a show about chasing what truly matters. |
| 0:19.7 | My name is Patrick Cummings. |
| 0:20.7 | As always I'm here with Ben Bergeron, how the heck are you? |
| 0:23.6 | I'm doing well. Yeah, thanks Patrick. Excited to be here. Thank you everybody out there for |
| 0:28.4 | joining us this time around. We appreciate your time and attention. |
| 0:32.8 | We are going to talk about, you sent me a text recently, you said basically, let's talk about |
| 0:36.4 | our tolerance for inconveniences, which made me think about the episode we put out in early June, |
| 0:42.4 | I think it was June 5th, where we broke down the 20 tactics |
| 0:45.2 | across all five factors that we can all implement to be healthier. |
| 0:49.2 | And the first tactic inside of the Think category was next time you're bothered by a small inconvenience |
| 0:55.2 | let it go. So that's what we're going to talk about a little bit deeper and a |
| 0:59.2 | little bit more today. Before we get into that I want to do a quick round of, a quick recommendation, a quick round of recommendation. |
| 1:06.6 | How do we always put that? |
| 1:07.6 | A quick recommendation round up? |
| 1:09.6 | Yeah, there you go. |
| 1:10.6 | That's good. |
| 1:11.6 | I like that. A quick round. When I hear round up though, I think of like the bad like Monsanto stuff. The weed killer. |
| 1:17.0 | Yes. We're going to that because we haven't done that in a month or so I would love to know what you've been enjoying and I'll obviously do it myself. Well, you've been enjoying reading sharing |
| 1:25.0 | appreciating whatever it might be that folks might my like. |
| 1:28.0 | So we are recording this at the end of August and we we spend a fair amount time away from the house during the summer |
| 1:36.8 | I spent about 50% here and 50% down the Cape and you know my time away has maybe greatly appreciates a product that |
| 1:48.9 | Heather and I use when we are home which is the eight sleep. |
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