Reflect: Human Excellence in an Age of AI and Automation "When everything around it says we don't measure up, don't belong, and are constantly judged, our brain acts accordingly. We live in survival mode, and fear takes over." —Win the Inside Game We're All Performing on Stage To read on the GrowthEq site, click here We’ve moved life from the backstage to the front. We’re all performing for someone. Some of us on social media, others in our workplace, and even AI monitors us. It’s now normal...
15 days ago • 10 min read
Reflect: What Toughness Actually Is "Real toughness is experiencing discomfort or distress, leaning in, paying attention, and creating space to take thoughtful action. It's navigating discomfort to make the best decision you can." —Do Hard Things What The Odyssey Can Teach Us About Navigating Life To read on the GrowthEq site, click here This weekend, a 2,800-year-old poem had the biggest opening of Christopher Nolan's career. Bigger than Batman, Oppenheimer, you name it. A quarter of a...
29 days ago • 9 min read
Reflect: Instilling Love or Fear "We can either instill a love of sport in our youth, or we can turn sport into a burden where kids are exhausted, stressed, and scared. We’ve seen this go both ways, and the results couldn’t be more different. One leads to happy, healthy, and better young athletes. The other leads to burnout, family tension, mental health challenges, and quitting." —Win The Inside Game How to Spot and Develop Talent To read on the GrowthEq site, click here At the World Cup,...
about 2 months ago • 9 min read
Hi all, I'm conducting a survey on performing under pressure and I'd love your help. Whether you're an athlete, musician, actor, public speaker, or anyone who steps on to the "stage" I'd love to hear from you.If you could take a minute and fill this out, that'd be great. It's step one to understand people's experiences.FILL OUT THE FORM HERE.Thanks so much. I appreciate your help. It helps so much when I get your input to help guide my work. Steve And FYI, for Prime Day, my recent books are...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Reflect: Excellence is Not Hustle Culture Bullshit Excellence is not hustle-culture bullshit. It is not waking up at 4 AM to cold plunge and telling everyone about it. It is not a restrictive diet. It is not a chest-thumping act of look how great I am. It is not sacrificing your soul or bending the knee to make as much money as possible. Excellence is throwing yourself fully into things that support your values. It is caring deeply and giving your all. It is making the most of your unique...
3 months ago • 8 min read
Reflect: Go Local Instead of Global Comparisons are making us miserable. Part of the reason is that we were meant to compare locally, not globally. For millennia, it was all about finding a role and purpose among a few dozen people in your tribe. Now, we look around and feel insignificant because we're trying to measure up to the entire world. Shrink your comparisons. -Win the Inside Game The Cost of Safetyism To read or comment on the Growtheq site, click here When we were 11 and 12, we’d...
3 months ago • 13 min read
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...
4 months ago • 5 min read
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...
4 months ago • 5 min read
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...
4 months ago • 8 min read