Talent

“But talent without grit is just potential. Talent plus grit is unstoppable.”
― Ben Bergeron, Chasing Excellence: A Story About Building the World's Fittest Athletes

Stay Positive

“Positivity, by contrast, is directly linked to improved performance.”
― Ben Bergeron, Chasing Excellence: A Story About Building the World's Fittest Athletes

Excellence is a habit!

“Like everything else, excellence is a habit.”
― Ben Bergeron, Chasing Excellence: A Story About Building the World's Fittest Athletes

Success

“Success is a decision, not a gift.”
― Ben Bergeron, Chasing Excellence: A Story About Building the World's Fittest Athletes

Extraordinary Success

“It's the not-so-hidden secret to extraordinary success: clarify what you really want, then work as hard as you can for as long as it takes.”
― Ben Bergeron, Chasing Excellence: A Story About Building the World's Fittest Athletes

Control what you can control

“As an elite athlete, there are only five things that you can truly control -- your training, nutrition, sleep, recovery, and mindset. If it doesn't fall into one of those categories, I tell my athletes, forget about it. Control the things you can control, and ignore everything else.”
― Ben Bergeron, Chasing Excellence: A Story About Building the World's Fittest Athletes

What is Grit?

“What is grit, really? It's a word that's been used to describe everything under the sun, but it means something specific: when things get hard, you push harder; when you fail, you get back up stronger; when you don't see results, you don't get discouraged, but you just continue to pound away day, after day, after day, with relentlessness, consistency, heart, and passion -- that's grit.”
― Ben Bergeron, Chasing Excellence: A Story About Building the World's Fittest Athletes

Chasing Excellence

“People successful in life, in business, and in relationships are living into a process that leads to excellence; these are the people who get up early to work out, who say no to crappy food, who carve out time for learning and mindfulness.”
― Ben Bergeron, Chasing Excellence: A Story About Building the World's Fittest Athletes

Chasing Excellence by Ben Bergeron

This book was really transformative for me. It showed me the mindset that great athletes and trainers take when attacking tasks. We tend to think that results just come in life, but this book showed the grind that it takes to be a champion. The focus mentally that it takes. The hard work that must be put in. It also discussed the concepts of maximizing your minutes.

This is a must read for more people than just athletes as I feel these concepts could carry over to other areas of life.

From Amazon Description of Book:

'CrossFit trainer Ben Bergeron has helped build the world's fittest athletes, but he's not like other coaches. He believes that greatness is not for the elite few; that winning is a result, not a goal; and that character, not talent, is what makes a true champion. His powerful philosophy can help anyone excel at all aspects of life.

Using the dramatic competition between the top contenders at the 2016 Reebok CrossFit Games® as a background, Ben explores the step-by-step process of achieving excellence and the unique set of positive character traits necessary for leveling up to world-class. The mindset and methodology that have produced some of the greatest athletes in the world's most gruelling sport can work equally well for golfers, lawyers, artists, entrepreneurs--anyone who's willing to commit totally to becoming better than the best.'

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