What Makes a Worthy Challenge? (The Truth About Goals, Growth, & Everyday Excellence)
Chasing Excellence
Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings
4.8 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
The 3 Big Questions We're Answering:
1. What constitutes a "worthy challenge" in our lives, and how can pursuing these challenges contribute to our personal growth and development?
2. How can we transform everyday struggles into meaningful opportunities for character development and fulfillment?
3. How do ambition and the desire for achievement intersect with the pursuit of internal peace and self-actualization?
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📍 Ben Bergeron is a best-selling author, coach to 7 CrossFit Games champions, and founder of CompTrain. Find him on Instagram.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | We believe health is the foundation that unlocks freedom. |
| 0:07.1 | The freedom to live fully, to be an asset and not a burden, and to chase what truly matters. |
| 0:13.4 | Through daily practices and proven frameworks, we are here to help you build deep health, |
| 0:19.2 | find lasting peace, and live with your heart on fire. |
| 0:24.3 | Welcome to the chase. |
| 0:26.8 | Greetings, my friend, welcome back to the show. |
| 0:29.9 | Was that scary? |
| 0:30.5 | Greetings, my friend? |
| 0:31.4 | I don't know. |
| 0:31.8 | That felt scary after I said it. |
| 0:33.1 | No. |
| 0:33.4 | How you doing, buddy? |
| 0:33.7 | I'm doing good. |
| 0:35.3 | Good to see. |
| 0:35.7 | I'm realizing now that we usually record these on Tuesday. |
| 0:38.9 | Yes. |
| 0:39.6 | And our gym is Tuesday, blues day. |
| 0:42.0 | Yes. |
| 0:42.6 | So I realize that I'm probably wearing the same thing in every episode. |
| 0:45.8 | And it looks like you're doing costume changes in between for people that are watching this and not listening. |
| 0:53.3 | Yeah. |
| 0:53.5 | I think that's always been the case, though. |
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