When Things Fall Apart

Six Books That Changed How We Think About Performance

excellence, actually, 25 June 2026. The book comes up at 11 min 0 sec in.

Clay Skipper's first pick. Written by Buddhist nun Pema Chodron, the book argues that instability and change are the only constants, and that moments of disruption are opportunities to work with difficulty rather than flee it. Clay reads passages on how things perpetually fall apart and come back together, and on how trying to control experience amplifies suffering. He connects this to performance resilience, and Brad ties it to the allostatic model of stability through change.

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