[ 💭 ] True Competitors Aren’t Extrinsically Motivated

Chasing Excellence

Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings

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

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

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We discuss the intricate dynamics of intrinsic versus extrinsic motivation, revealing how they shape our actions and satisfaction.

We explore the idea that external measures like wealth and accolades are often misguiding, while internal drivers align more closely with our true purpose and happiness.

Additionally, we delve into the pitfalls of comparison and the nature of true competition, highlighting the importance of finding worthy rivals to foster personal growth.

⌚ TIMECODE:

00:00 Introduction to Chasing Excellence

02:46 Intrinsic vs Extrinsic Motivation

05:32 Evolutionary Perspective on Motivation

07:30 The Role of Stress and Environment

09:04 Purpose and Motivation

18:05 True Competitors and Artists

21:24 The Value of Competition

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27:20 Understanding Reward Systems and Intrinsic Motivation

30:42 The Difference Between Competing and Comparing

31:20 The Role of Competition in Self-Improvement

35:41 The Concept of a Worthy Rival

42:52 Ambition and Its True Purpose

47:50 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

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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.

Transcript

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0:00.0	And the Hello and welcome back to another episode of Chasing Excellence, a show about chasing what truly matters.
0:21.2	My name's Patrick Cummings. Thank you so much for joining us. We're going to
0:24.8	jump into a conversation very very shortly because it's a bit of a longer one that Ben and I had a little while back
0:30.1	That I wanted to bring back to the surface in reviewing this episode and then cleaning it up a little bit for this week's release.
0:37.0	This is like this was that we had a lot of we had a lot of topics in this one.
0:41.0	It was a good one. We talk about external versus
0:43.6	intrinsic motivation. We talk about comparison being the thief of joy. We
0:47.2	talk about what a true competitor is. We talk about ambition. We talk about a lot of
0:50.2	really good cool stuff. So I'm excited to bring this back to the servers in case you never
0:54.1	listen to it or if you just listen to it a few years back when we first put it out. I love doing this.
1:00.1	I love personally going back to these conversations revisiting them
1:03.1	thinking about where my life was then thinking about where my life is now.
1:07.2	Real quick if you are not yet on our newsletter list chasing excellence dot email get over there get on the free
1:13.7	newsletter list we send out a few emails a week including a link to a form that you
1:18.3	can submit your questions that Ben and I can tackle in future episodes you can
1:21.9	also join us in the chase club where you'll get ad-free episodes and email. The link is in the show notes for easy clickability. I invite you, I welcome you, I give you a virtual
1:38.0	fist bump. Let's get into this conversation. We are going to talk about at some point in a recent episode.
1:45.0	You said in the middle of a conversation,
1:47.0	no, we should do an episode on that, so I made a note,
1:49.0	and the note was comparison is the thief of Joy.
1:51.0	But at this point, neither you or I can remember exactly what we were talking about or why we thought that would make a good episode. But it's on my list of episodes to do, so we're going to do it. And so what I want to talk to you about or where I kind of want to get us to kind of explore this idea is something that I think about a lot which is the difference or the dichotomy between intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation.
2:14.0	Intrinsic, of course, being something inside of us kind of fuels us, kind of pushes us forward
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