excellence, actually

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Steve Magness, Brad Stulberg, & Clay Skipper Visit website › Education · EN · 379 episodes · latest 2026-11-12

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"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.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Science of Choking (and How to Avoid It)

2026-11-12 · 30 min

You know the moment. You step up to the start line of a race, go to present a pitch at work, or sit down for an important interview or test, something you’ve rehearsed so many times you could do it in your sleep. And…
Bend, Don't Break: How to Stay Patient Through Setbacks

2026-11-05 · 27 min

If this past weekend's NYC Marathon taught us anything, it's that success often requires patience and flexibility. Jess McClain spent years away from running before taking second place (and during the race she barely…
How to Care Deeply and Compete Fearlessly

2026-10-29 · 33 min

How do you want something very badly and still hold the result loosely? Detaching from the outcome is one of the most important skills in performance. It's also one of the hardest. On today's show, we talk about how to…
Is This The Most Underrated Skill in Elite Performance?

2026-10-22 · 28 min

One of the hardest and most important questions to answer if you want to do anything at a high level: Do I need to fix this feeling, or can I forget this feeling and perform anyway? For too long as a society, we pushed…
Recovery 101: Listener Questions on Rest, Aging, and Turning Off

2026-10-15 · 31 min

We've always been big on recovery. (After all, it is one half of the growth equation: stress + REST = growth.) But knowing how to recover, both physically and mentally, is a skill — and one that needs to be refined as…
A.I., Craft, and the Future of Human Excellence

2026-10-08 · 34 min

How we should (and should not) use artificial intelligence is a topic we have been frequently and furiously discussing in our group chat. (You too?) These days, it's impossible to avoid its presence in our lives. Nor…
How to Have More Agency

2026-10-01 · 22 min

"You can just do things" — but should you? The word "agency" has exploded in recent months, but what does it actually mean to be a high-agency person, and when does agency cross the line into recklessness? Today, we're…
How to Tame Your Demons: Healthy Passion vs. Obsessive Drive

2026-09-24 · 28 min

Today, we're fielding a listener question that every high performer eventually faces: where's the line between passion and obsession? The thing that makes you great can also be the thing that destroys you, and making…
Consistency Over Intensity: How to Show Up Again and Again (and Again)

2026-09-17 · 33 min

Consistency is one of the fundamental skills of any discipline. But what does it actually look like in practice? Today, we're answering five of the most common questions we get about the challenges of trying to be…
Handling Change: "Find the Smallest Dose that Keeps You Sane"

2026-09-10 · 34 min

Change happens — sometimes when we expect, often when we don't. So how do we hold onto what matters amidst big shifts (injury, a lay off, moving cities, changing schedules)? That's what we're tackling today. We'll walk…

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Owner: The Growth Equation LLC
Oldest episode in feed: 08/2020 · over 6 years
Typical length: 41 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone
Keywords: fitness, health, performance, excellence

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