Active Recall With Walter & Francis

This week, I'm talking about Ben Bergeron's book "Chasing Excellence" === If you have Netflix and also don't like reading: check out The Redeemed and the Dominant. I watched this midway through and you get some of the behind the scenes. How do you write an entertaining nonfiction book? I definitely wanted to keep reading. The narrative is following two of his athletes as they compete in the 2016 CrossFit games. (They both also win.) Each chapter focuses on a characteristic (Commitment, Grit, Positivity…) that's needed to win the games. Then the chapter usually jumps from the present day event back to the months of training in a session where they focused on that movement. Would you start with someone with above-average talent or someone who’s mentally tough? — The book focus on the mental side of competing at that level. Everyone that makes it to the games is physically world class. Nobody there is perfect. "Given the choice between coaching an athlete with above-average talent or one who is mentally tough,