Weekly ideas about living a good, meaningful and high performing life in a chaotic world from Brad Stulberg and Steve Magness. Best selling authors of PEAK PERFORMANCE, DO HARD THINGS, and THE PRACTICE OF GROUNDEDNESS.
Go Deeper and Help The Way of Excellence
A 30 Second Ask that Really HelpsIt’s been two months since The Way of Excellence came out, and I wanted to say thanks again for being an early reader. If you've already left a review, thank you! I am grateful. If not—and you've found the book valuable—please take just 30 seconds and leave one now. It genuinely affects whether the book shows up for the right readers, and people really do consider the reviews. Just click on this link to submit your rating, and while you're there, consider leaving a review. Thank you for being here and for your ongoing support. Brad |
The Growth Equation
Weekly ideas about living a good, meaningful and high performing life in a chaotic world from Brad Stulberg and Steve Magness. Best selling authors of PEAK PERFORMANCE, DO HARD THINGS, and THE PRACTICE OF GROUNDEDNESS.
Reflect: Explore Your Weaknesses "Truly tough individuals don't mind exploring their weaknesses. They develop the capacity to express vulnerability and pain without fear of being shamed. Refusal to explore or acknowledge your weaknesses is a sign of insecurity, not confidence." -Do Hard Things The Freedom of Constraints To read or comment on the GrowthEQ site, click here At the beginning of Steve's coaching journey, a star high school athlete came down with mono heading into his senior track...
Reflect: Confidence is Based On Evidence This past weekend, Sabastian Sawe became the first person ever to run a sanctioned marathon in under two hours—1:59:30 in London. The morning after, his coach sent Brad the following message: Sorry to bother you but I saw your post in Instagram and I just want to say thank you because through your books and podcast, you have been a great source of inspiration in my job. I am currently having in my hands “ The way of Excellence” and it has been of great...
Reflect: Self-Complexity "When we flatten ourselves into a single dimension of identity, we score low on two measures of complexity: social and self. When individuals score low on complexity, they have much wider swings of mood and emotions. Their self-worth is like a ping pong ball, bouncing back and forth, entirely dependent on whether that narrow self gets validated or rewarded or not. On the other end of the spectrum, higher levels of complexity buffer the effects of stress and any...