Peak Performance
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4 episodesHow to Have More Agency
One of the hosts recounts how Peak Performance came to be through unconventional, agentic actions—interviewing someone for Outside Magazine who then connected them to a literary agent, walking to the agent's house in San Francisco, and pressing through 25 rejections before landing a major book deal. The anecdote is used as a live illustration of the episode's argument that meaningful agency means tolerating discomfort without necessarily causing harm.
390 - The Way Of Excellence With Brad Stulberg
Brad Stulberg reflects briefly on this earlier co-authored book, calling it 'an incredible book' he still stands behind, while drawing a key distinction: Peak Performance addresses proficiency, whereas his newer work addresses excellence. Host Matt Dixon notes he was interviewed for the book and contributed thinking on recovery as a driver of sustained high performance.
🎯 The Way of Excellence: Mastery, Mattering & Leadership with Brad Stulberg
Brad Stulberg references his earlier co-authored book to provide personal context: it contained an entire section on purpose reflecting his then-belief that purpose was essential, which he later questioned during a year-long depression when he felt no purpose at all.
#466 Brad Stulberg, Author of The Way of Excellence, on Redefining Excellence, the Mindset of High Performance, Building Effective Habits, and Finding Meaning in it All
Also on excellence, actually
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