We're talking about the different areas of focus for a CrossFit Games athlete and someone who's chasing health, diving into maximizing your minutes, keeping the frisbee of life in balance, and developing a single-minded focus.

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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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We’re unpacking the two most important things to get right in your business, talking about the marketing hourglass, creating a calm organization, distinguishing between coaching for development vs. performance, and more.

Find us on Social: Ben | Patrick

👉🏼 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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Chasing Excellence is an audience-supported project. To go deeper & to help us do even more, consider:

· Subscribing to our newsletter to get our free posts and upgrading to our Chase Club to receive exclusive content.

· Grabbing one of our books: Chasing Excellence, Unlocking Potential, or The ABCs of Being Happy & Healthy.

· Supporting one of our fantastic show sponsors.

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We're revisiting our most popular episode ever to kick 2022 off right, diving into the 6 steps we need to take to develop more mental toughness, including becoming a learner, expecting adversity, and killing the critic.

Find us on Social: Ben | Patrick

👉🏼 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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Chasing Excellence is an audience-supported project. To go deeper & to help us do even more, consider:

· Subscribing to our newsletter to get our free posts and upgrading to our Chase Club to receive exclusive content.

· Grabbing one of our books: Chasing Excellence, Unlocking Potential, or The ABCs of Being Happy & Healthy.

· Supporting one of our fantastic show sponsors.

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Your questions are back this week. We’re talking about what to do between double sessions to recover, dealing with family members who aren’t on the same nutritional page as you, training for a Spartan Beast, and more!

Find us on Social: Ben | Patrick

👉🏼 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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Chasing Excellence is an audience-supported project. To go deeper & to help us do even more, consider:

· Subscribing to our newsletter to get our free posts and upgrading to our Chase Club to receive exclusive content.

· Grabbing one of our books: Chasing Excellence, Unlocking Potential, or The ABCs of Being Happy & Healthy.

· Supporting one of our fantastic show sponsors.

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Multiple-times Games athlete Cole Sager joins us this week to talk about being a pro athlete, seeking solitude, being grateful, becoming a father, having curiosity, and a whole lot more.

Find us on Social: Ben | Patrick

👉🏼 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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Chasing Excellence is an audience-supported project. To go deeper & to help us do even more, consider:

· Subscribing to our newsletter to get our free posts and upgrading to our Chase Club to receive exclusive content.

· Grabbing one of our books: Chasing Excellence, Unlocking Potential, or The ABCs of Being Happy & Healthy.

· Supporting one of our fantastic show sponsors.

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We're talking this week about health as an integrated system and about how the 5 Factors are all essential inputs in that system. We dive into the knowledge/doing gap, kicking ass into our 90s, the age of abundance, and more.

Find us on Social: Ben | Patrick

👉🏼 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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Chasing Excellence is an audience-supported project. To go deeper & to help us do even more, consider:

· Subscribing to our newsletter to get our free posts and upgrading to our Chase Club to receive exclusive content.

· Grabbing one of our books: Chasing Excellence, Unlocking Potential, or The ABCs of Being Happy & Healthy.

· Supporting one of our fantastic show sponsors.

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See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In a (somewhat accidental) follow-up to our conversation about the Fulfillment Framework, we're talking about why pride looks selfish in the short term, making the right kind of difficult choices, why being joyful is brave, and more.

Find us on Social: Ben | Patrick

👉🏼 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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Chasing Excellence is an audience-supported project. To go deeper & to help us do even more, consider:

· Subscribing to our newsletter to get our free posts and upgrading to our Chase Club to receive exclusive content.

· Grabbing one of our books: Chasing Excellence, Unlocking Potential, or The ABCs of Being Happy & Healthy.

· Supporting one of our fantastic show sponsors.

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We're rebroadcasting a conversation I had recently on the Keep Going Podcast. John and I talk about the hierarchy of mindset, why taking massive action matters more than anything else, how to work through bad days, and a bunch more.

Grab the new book here.

Find us on Social: Ben | Patrick

👉🏼 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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Chasing Excellence is an audience-supported project. To go deeper & to help us do even more, consider:

· Subscribing to our newsletter to get our free posts and upgrading to our Chase Club to receive exclusive content.

· Grabbing one of our books: Chasing Excellence, Unlocking Potential, or The ABCs of Being Happy & Healthy.

· Supporting one of our fantastic show sponsors.

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Dr. Amishi Jha is a researcher, professor, and author of the new book, Peak Mind. She joins us to talk about the work her lab is doing to uncover the power of mindfulness training on attention, focus, and resilience.

Find us on Social: Amishi | Ben | Patrick

👉🏼 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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Chasing Excellence is an audience-supported project. To go deeper & to help us do even more, consider:

· Subscribing to our newsletter to get our free posts and upgrading to our Chase Club to receive exclusive content.

· Grabbing one of our books: Chasing Excellence, Unlocking Potential, or The ABCs of Being Happy & Healthy.

· Supporting one of our fantastic show sponsors.

Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We've got my co-writer on Unlocking Potential, Christine Bald, on to talk about the process of writing a book, getting things wrong until you get it right, balancing patience and ambition, and a bunch more.

Find us on Social: Christine | Ben | Patrick

👉🏼 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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Chasing Excellence is an audience-supported project. To go deeper & to help us do even more, consider:

· Subscribing to our newsletter to get our free posts and upgrading to our Chase Club to receive exclusive content.

· Grabbing one of our books: Chasing Excellence, Unlocking Potential, or The ABCs of Being Happy & Healthy.

· Supporting one of our fantastic show sponsors.

Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.