excellence, actually
Steve Magness, Brad Stulberg, & Clay Skipper • Education, Self-Improvement
Steve Magness, Brad Stulberg, & Clay Skipper • Education, Self-Improvement
excellence, actually
Steve Magness, Brad Stulberg, & Clay Skipper • Education, Self-Improvement
Steve Magness, Brad Stulberg, & Clay Skipper • Education, Self-Improvement

About

"excellence, actually" is a podcast from The Growth Equation, hosted by Steve Magness, Brad Stulberg, and Clay Skipper. Drawing on their years of working and corresponding with Olympians, coaches, executives, world-class physicians, and other elite-level achievers in their coaching practice and professional careers, they give you the mental and physical tools, practices, habits, and frameworks used by the best in the world in the pursuit of excellence. Each episode will give you concrete ideas and tips to use in your life immediately to help you become more meaningfully engaged in the pursuits that support your goals and your values. This is not the performative nonsense that is peddled online by grifters and influencers, but the evidence-based systems that work for the best in the world. This is excellence, actually. (This podcast used to appear under the name FAREWELL.)

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Episodes

  • "It's Never All Bad:" How to Suffer (with Matt Fitzgerald)
    Plus: Why never being satisfied is a good thing.
  • The Talent Episode: Is Greatness Born or Built?
    Nature, nurture, or something in between?
  • Q+A: On Bad Habits, Post-Race Fitness, and “Boring” Work
    Your questions answered!
  • The Mental Fitness Playbook: Resilience, Regulation, and Flexibility
    How to train your mind like you train your body.
  • Doing it All: The CEO Who Ran a 2:29 Marathon (with Nick Thompson)
    On getting faster and pushing further with age.
  • The Optimization Trap — and How to Escape It
    Knowing when to send it.
  • The Marathon Mindset: How to Endure, Actually
    On expectations, nerves, pain, and doing the hard things.
  • Everything You Need to Know About Managing Fatigue
    How to read it, handle it, and even—sometimes—ignore it.
  • 7 Lessons to Help You Unlock an Elite Competitor's Mindset
    From this past weekend's slate of sports.
  • How Curiosity Can Take Your Performance to the Next Level
    For many elite performers, curiosity is a superpower — here's how you can unlock your own.
  • Is Self-Improvement Just Making Us More Selfish?
    When does individual agency become too individual?
  • It's Time to Move Past Bullsh*t "Toughness"
    Plus: how to build out a real toughness toolkit.
  • The Sports Psychologist Who Taught MJ and Kobe How to "Manage the Moment"
    George Mumford on learning how to respond instead of react.
  • Fall Performance Syllabus: 3 Ideas to Help You Thrive
    Set and setting, nailing transitional moments, and learning to let go.
  • How Hard Should You Be Working?
    We keep getting work-life balance wrong.
  • How "Narrative Values" Can Change Your Psychology & Biology
    Here's how to find — and live by — yours.
  • From Success to Mastery: The Art of Sustained Excellence
    Turn acute greatness into long-term excellence.
  • Build Better Work Habits, Manage Anxiety, & Quit Leaking Energy
    Your questions answered.
  • Restless Exhaustion: What to Do When You Just Can't Turn Off
    How to break the cycle of being tired AND wired.
  • Tools for Navigating Discomfort and Difficulty
    Overcoming difficulty via problem-solving, acceptance, or both.