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Chasing Excellence

Overcoming Excellence Fatigue

Chasing Excellence

Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings

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

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

With so many people talking about how to chase excellence, it can be hard to continue moving forward when it feels like there's still so much left to figure out. Here are the strategies that have helped me keep perspective.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I did these practices.

0:02.2

So I really self-examined my value system.

0:06.8

I really self-examined the principles

0:08.6

by which I want to live my life.

0:10.2

I really examined the way I was spending my time

0:12.1

and who I was spending that with

0:13.2

and the circle of friends I had

0:14.8

and the way I wanted to live my life

0:18.0

on a daily basis to track up to something bigger.

0:20.6

And as Kobe Bryant said, I was like,

0:22.5

I edited my life.

0:23.8

I now try to get rid of everything.

0:25.0

I didn't serve me, my goals or my values or principles.

0:29.0

And it's exhausting.

0:31.7

It's like you're flipping your life upside down

0:33.7

and everything is with so much intention

0:36.3

and nothing changes.

0:38.4

It's the exact same seven months from when you started.

0:42.2

You're like, well, what am I doing?

0:43.4

Like this makes no sense.

0:45.2

I did that methodically for three years.

0:48.6

And when it was happening,

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