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)
086 - The Coach Up: Should You Do "All-Out' Workouts?
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085 - Quitting: When to Give Up (and When to Push On)
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084 - The Coach Up: How to "Practice Your ABC's"
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083 - The Science, Art, & Mystery of Hot Streaks
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082 - Thinking Beyond the Brain: Exploring the "Extended Mind" (Part 2)
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081 - Picking Goals, Pushing Through Plateaus, and Navigating Post-Race Blues
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080 - Thinking Beyond the Brain: Exploring the "Extended Mind" (Part 1)
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079 - Supplements 101: A Sports Dietician Goes Deep (with Meredith Parmley)
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078 - The Coach Up: Don't Be a Day Trader
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077 - Peak Performance: 10 Rules for Sustainable Excellence
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076 - The 3 P's: A Simple Tool to Be More Optimistic
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075 - Mastering the Mind: Layne Norton on Pain, Motivation, and Success
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074 - The 85% Rule and the Art of Hard Effort
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073 - Sleep Science: What Actually Matters
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072 - Navigating Our Inner Selves: A Lesson from George Saunders
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071 - Debunking Masculinity Myths & Redefining Modern Manhood
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070 - "Don't Shoot Yourself with The Second Arrow"
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069 - What Dying Can Teach Us About Living (with Dr. BJ Miller)
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068 - A Mindset Shift to Make Your Life Easier
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067 - How to Stay Motivated for the Long Haul
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066 - The Coach Up: 5 Rules for a Better Routine
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065 - The (Underrated) Mental & Physical Benefits of Walking
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064 - The Coach Up: How to Exercise in the Heat
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063 - A World-Class Violinist's Tips for Peak Performance (with Hilary Hahn)
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062 - How Elite Performers Turn Anxiety Into Fuel
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061 - The Difference Between Greatness and Fake Greatness
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060 - The Coach Up: A Tool to Help with Prioritization
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059 - Olympics Preview: Inside the Olympian's Mindset
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058 - The Coach Up: Use the 4 P's to Respond Not React
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057 - BIG NEWS: Introducing The Growth Equation Academy
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056 - The Coach Up: RPE (What It Is & How to Use It)
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055 - Do You Need Meaningful Work to Have a Good Life?
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054 - The Coach Up: A Short but Effective On-the-Go Workout
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053 - Everything You Need to Know About the "Second Wind"
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052 - The Coach Up: How to (Deep) Read More Books
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051 - Does Being a Good Person Make You a Worse Competitor?
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050 - The Coach Up: The Visual Tool to Win Hard Workouts (or Days)
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049 - Diet, Exercise, and Performance Dos and Don'ts with Adam Bornstein
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048 - The Coach Up: JJ Redick on the Confidence of an NBA Sharpshooter
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047 - How to think About Longevity and End-of-Life Health
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046 - The Coach Up: How (and Why) To Do A Digital Sabbath
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045 - The Reason You Can’t Ever Get Through Your To-Do List (with Oliver Burkema...
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044 - The Coach Up: Beginner's Mind and the Power of Pessimism
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043 - Lessons from a 10-Day Silent Meditation Retreat
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042 - The Coach Up: Master These Soft Skills to Become a Great Leader
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041 - How Algorithms are Changing Our Identity & Culture (with Kyle Chayka)
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040 - The Coach Up: Allostasis vs. Homeostasis, and the Science of Handling Chan...
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039 - Roundtable: Intuitive Eating, Using Fear as Motivation, and Internet Cultu...
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038 - The Coach Up: The Two Types of Attention
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037 - A Saner Way to Eat (with Evelyn Tribole)
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