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...
19 days 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...
26 days ago • 8 min read
Reflect: Learn How to Read Your Body An experienced athlete can separate pain and injury. A stage performer can distinguish between nervousness and anxiety. An executive understands when her gut is pushing her in the right direction and when she should ignore it. An expert at reading our body is no different than the veteran pilot who needs to merely glance at a gauge instead of reading the label or manual. When we aren't able to make sense of our internal world, we turn to external ways to...
about 1 month ago • 9 min read
Reflect: Not Just About the Destination Excellence is not just about the destination. It's an internal standard of giving something your best shot, a process of becoming. The real reward isn't a bigger deadlift, a faster mile, a fancy promotion, or a sturdier table. The real reward is that you become a better version of yourself and experience the deep satisfaction and fulfillment that comes from giving something your all. -- The Way of Excellence Go Touch Grass: A Real World Survival Guide...
about 2 months ago • 10 min read
A 30 Second Ask that Really Helps It’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...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Reflect: The Key to Leading? Be Authentic A new analysis of over 17,000 athletes analyzed what type of leadership style correlated best with performance. It wasn't the authoritarian, or even the rah-rah leader with the best speeches and slogans on the wall. It was the person who was consistently themselves. Authentic leadership performed best. People want to know what to expect. They want to know that you actually care (instead of putting on a performance that you do). In a world of filtered...
2 months ago • 7 min read
Reflect: Excellence is not a Destination "Excellence is not a destination. It is a standard of giving something your best shot, a process of becoming. The real reward isn’t a bigger deadlift, a faster mile, or a sturdier table, it’s that you become a better version of yourself." Seemingly trivial activities such as deadlifting a certain amount of weight or running a faster mile can be filled with meaning insofar as they align with your values. That’s because when you are working on an...
3 months ago • 7 min read
The Way of Excellence Is Out in the World The Way of Excellence has been out for just over a week and the reception has been incredible. The book has already sold 14,000 copies! It has received nearly 50 reviews so far, and every single one has been 5-stars. It's incredible, especially given the issues with winter storms and selling out of stock multiple times during launch week. If you haven't yet gotten a copy, get the deal here. It's currently heavily discounted. It's the best way to...
3 months ago • 6 min read
When Everything Is a Crisis, Nothing Is: The Numbing Effect of the Infinite Scroll To read or comment on the GrowthEQ site, click here Scroll social media, and you’ll see someone being murdered, a cat video, deep political analysis, someone performing the latest TikTok dance, and live footage of a war—all in 60 seconds or less.This sort of out-of-context information overload has become completely normal, something about which most of us don't even think twice. But what is it doing to us? The...
4 months ago • 7 min read