excellence, actually
Steve Magness, Brad Stulberg, & Clay Skipper
"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 a...
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Episodes (369)
How to Survive Youth Sports Without Ruining Your Kid
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The Sports Psychologist Who Taught MJ and Kobe How to "Manage the Moment" (Rerun...
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Peptides 101: Evaluating Hype, Risk, and Reward
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How to Not Turn Into a Robot
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How to Reset Your Focus
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The Ten Commandments of Coaching
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World Cup & Mile World Record: Consistency, Joy, and Calling Your Shot
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Don't Get Rid of Anxiety. Use It.
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How to Endure, According to a 4-Time Tour de France Cyclist
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You Can't Have It All: A Guide to Making Sacrifices
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Six Books That Changed How We Think About Performance
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How to Come Back, from the Greatest Playoff Run in NBA History
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Longevity, Actually (with Brian Koppelman)
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Lessons on Excellence: Caring, Doing the Work, and Being Antifragile
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Dream Big, Start Small: Lessons from World Record Miler Jim Ryun
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How to Get Small Wins out of Bad Days
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The New Science of Pain (and What It Means for You)
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The Cost of Keeping Your Options Open (with David Epstein)
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How to Break Through Barriers (Lessons from the Sub-Two-Hour Marathon)
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How to Save Your Brain (with Cal Newport)
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What Every Athlete Can Learn from Elite Distance Runners
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How to Change, Actually (with Eric Zimmer)
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Use the “Zero-Zero Reset” to Perform Under Pressure
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How to Coach Anyone, Including Yourself
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Stop Self-Sabotaging: How to Get Out of Your Own Way
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Unstuck Yourself: The Art of Building and Keeping Momentum
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Beautiful Suffering: How Elite Athletes Find Joy in the Grind
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Back to Work: Navigating Success, A.I., and the Unknown
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Olympics Review: Lessons in Pressure, Courage, and Going All the Way
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The Olympian's Guide to Handling Pressure, with Lilah Fear
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How to Pursue Excellence Without Sacrificing Your Values
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How to Get Out of Your Head and Into the Zone
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The Way of Excellence: Inside Brad's New Book
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Why Your Routine Might Be Working Against You
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New Year, Same BS: How to Build Habits That Actually Stick
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26 Lessons on Excellence to Jump Start 2026
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Best Of: Courtney Dauwalter — Inside the (Joyful) Mind of an Elite Ultrarunner
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How to Push Your Limits, with World-Champion Climber Sasha DiGiulian
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"It's Never All Bad:" How to Suffer (with Matt Fitzgerald)
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The Talent Episode: Is Greatness Born or Built?
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Q+A: On Bad Habits, Post-Race Fitness, and “Boring” Work
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The Mental Fitness Playbook: Resilience, Regulation, and Flexibility
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Doing it All: The CEO Who Ran a 2:29 Marathon (with Nick Thompson)
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The Optimization Trap — and How to Escape It
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The Marathon Mindset: How to Endure, Actually
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Everything You Need to Know About Managing Fatigue
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7 Lessons to Help You Unlock an Elite Competitor's Mindset
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How Curiosity Can Take Your Performance to the Next Level
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Is Self-Improvement Just Making Us More Selfish?
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It's Time to Move Past Bullsh*t "Toughness"
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