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)
The Sports Psychologist Who Taught MJ and Kobe How to "Manage the Moment"
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Fall Performance Syllabus: 3 Ideas to Help You Thrive
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How Hard Should You Be Working?
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How "Narrative Values" Can Change Your Psychology & Biology
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From Success to Mastery: The Art of Sustained Excellence
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Build Better Work Habits, Manage Anxiety, & Quit Leaking Energy
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Restless Exhaustion: What to Do When You Just Can't Turn Off
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Tools for Navigating Discomfort and Difficulty
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How to Avoid the Achievement Trap and Find Lasting Fulfillment
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The Art of Doing Hard Things: Meaningful Challenge vs. Useless Suffering
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Balance is a Myth: How to Build Healthy Obsession
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How to Build a Meaningful Identity in a Status-Driven World
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How to Be Excellent, Actually
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How to Take Better Breaks: Mastering Rest & Recovery
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How to Know When to Grit vs. When to Quit
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9 Important Life Lessons We've Learned from Exercise
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120 - A 66-Year-Old Powerlifter with 71 World Records on the Secrets to Long-Ter...
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119 - How to Turn Your Inner Critic Into a Coach
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118 - How to Build Discipline
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117 - The Masculinity Crisis, and Why It Matters for All of Us (Part 2)
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116 - The Masculinity Crisis, and Why It Matters for All of Us (Part 1)
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115 - Mailbag: Daily Health Checklist, Rut vs. Burnout, & Taking Good Breaks
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114 - Choke, Recover, Repeat: Mastering the Art of Resilience
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113 - Playing the Long Game in a Quick-Fix World
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112 - Building True Confidence: The Practical Path from Bravado to Belief
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111 - How to Better Manage Stress
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110 - Bracketology: Who is the World's Top Performer?
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109 - How (and Why) to Spend Some Time Alone in Your Head
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108 - Musk, Chalamet, and Real vs. Fake Greatness (with Cal Newport)
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107 - Wise Words: 16 of Our Favorite Quotes to Live By
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106 - Mastering Mental Performance with Sports Psychologist Alex Auerbach
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105 - Building Resilience and Finding Resonance: How to Embrace Life's Chaos
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104 - How to Win the Inside Game, and Move from Surviving to Thriving (with Stev...
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103 - Steve's 5 Essential Rules for Training Physical Fitness
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102 - The Art of Attention: Breaking Free from Digital Distraction
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101 - From Solitude to Social Fitness: Rethinking Connection in the 21st Century...
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100 - Badwater 135 Finisher on Lessons from "The World's Toughest Foot Race" (wi...
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099 - 25 Lessons (in 25 Minutes) for 2025
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098 - Farewell, 2024: The Year's Best Tools, Lessons, Performances, & Books
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097 - Healing Internet Brain Rot: Tips for a Healthier Information Diet
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096 - "Go See God" Workouts and How to Stop Procrastinating
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095 - Strategies for Overcoming Bad Days
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094 - Hard Conversations & Gratitude That (Actually) Works
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093 - How We Can ACTUALLY Make America Healthy Again
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092 - How to Get Off the Achievement Treadmill
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091 - Keep Calm and Practice On: Buddhist Lessons on Performance (with Stephen B...
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090 - Use the Pareto Principle (80/20 Rule) to Simplify Your Life
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089 - Marathon 101 with Steve Magness: Insights & Strategy
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088 - Flow: The 8 Factors of Optimal Experience
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087 - Training Tips for the Aging Athlete
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