About this episode
What has Juan learned about being humble since joining a CrossFit gym? In Episode #187 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: starting as a beginner (even in an area where you are experienced), whether there is any benefit to showing off in a training sense, how to criticise someone's ideas in a useful manner, how to cope with stress and areas in life where trying to improve would be detrimental for our wellbeing.
As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!
Timeline:
(0:00) - Intro
(0:43) - Juan's learnings from starting CrossFit
(6:01) - Using the ego & spectators while training
(9:40) - Criticising ideas instead of people
(13:55) - Nonviolent communication
(15:59) - Stress inoculation
(19:21) - Things in life we wouldn't want to take to the next level
(22:13) - Mere Mortal Moments
(23:06) - Do all the good stuff plz
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