Chasing Excellence: A Story About Building the World’s Fittest Athletes

by Ben Bergeron

“There are no secrets, there are no tricks. If anything, it’s the opposite: Whether you are a pro athlete or a guy running a business, or driving a truck or going to school, it’s simple. Ask yourself where you are now and where you want to be instead. Ask yourself what you’re willing to do to get there. Then make a plan to get there.”

Am I committing everything I have to make myself the tiniest percentage better than I am right now, no matter how hard I have to work, no matter what I have to give up, no matter how long it takes?

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.

Never whine. Never complain. Never make excuses.

“There is no good or bad without us, there is only perception. There is the event itself and the story we tell ourselves about what it means.”