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)
036 - The Coach Up: Steve's Best Strategies for Handling Pressure
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035 - Tools to Move More, Eat Better, & Boost Productivity
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034 - The Coach Up: Why "Live Your Best Life Now" is Bad Advice
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033 - How to Change Your Behavior and Make Better Decisions (with Katy Milkman)
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032 - The Coach Up: Use this Pyramid to Organize Your Life
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031 - Let's Make Work — and Technology — Less Insane (with Cal Newport)
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030 - The Coach Up: 3 Mantras for Work, Anxiety, and Exercise
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029 - How to Lose Well & Age Gracefully
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028 - The Coach Up: The 4 Levels of Competence
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027 - The Case for Less Technology & More Boredom (with Manoush Zomorodi)
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026 - The Coach Up: How to Tap Into the Power of Ritual
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025 - Caitlin Clark & The Cost of Greatness
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024 - The Coach Up: Make Friends with Your Fatigue
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023 — When Does Exercise Become Unhealthy? (And Other Voicemails)
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022 - The Coach Up: Instead of Toxic Positivity, Try Tragic Optimism
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021 - Are Our Cravings and Comforts Holding Us Back? (with Michael Easter)
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020 - The Coach Up: 6 Tips for Building (& Breaking) Habits
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019 - VO2 Max and Other Things You Don't Need To Know
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018 - The Coach Up: (How to) Fly Into the Danger Zone
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017 - Rethinking Toughness with Ironman World Champion Chelsea Sodaro
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016 - The Coach Up: Getting Started When You Don't Want to Get Started
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015 - How to Be Productive in a World of Infinite Noise
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014 - The Coach Up: Why Bad Days Matter More Than Good Days
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013 - Knowing How to "Winter" Is a Year Round Skill (with Katherine May)
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012 - The Coach Up: A Magness Masterclass on Feedback
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011 - Is Our Happiness Obsession Making Us... Unhappy?
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010 - The Coach Up: We're Talking About Practice(s)!
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009 - Mental & Physical Skills of the World's Best Athlete (with Damian Warner)
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008 - The Coach Up: This Concept Will Change How You Think About Motivation
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007 - Be Yourself and Go All the Way
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006 - The Coach Up: 5 Lessons on Focus, Leadership, and Greatness (with NFL coac...
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005 - How the Cult of Wellness is Failing Us (with Kate Bowler)
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004 - The Coach Up: Why You Should Stop Your Workout (Just) Short
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003 - Fantasy Draft: Our 12 Favorite Movies & Shows About Performance
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002 - The Coach Up: How to Set Better Goals
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001 - Inside the (Joyful) Mind of Elite Ultrarunner Courtney Dauwalter
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Welcome to FAREWELL, Premiering January 4th (Trailer)
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203 - Is Motivational Speaking a Scam?
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202 - End of Year Roundtable: Habits We Started, Goals We Have, Trends We're Bu...
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201 - This Book Changed How We Think About Performance and Anxiety
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200 - Strategies to Maximize Your End-of-Year Health
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199 - The Arrival Fallacy: Why Chasing (and Achieving) Success Doesn't Always Le...
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198 - How to Strike the Balance Between Self-Compassion and Self-Discipline
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197 - Why we're on the Internet (but not of the Internet)
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196 - How to Stay Healthy (and in a Routine) on the Road
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195 - Motivation (Philosophy is happening)
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194 - Editing and Publishing Books (with Anna Paustenbach)
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193 - Playing Games (even ones we don’t like)
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192 - We're Expanding the Team (with Clay Skipper)
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191 - Deion Sanders and The Contribution Trophy
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