028 - The Coach Up: The 4 Levels of Competence
Any time we are developing a new skill, hobby, craft, or practice, we have to go through various stages of development—these are called the four levels of competence. At the first level, you're learni...
8 Apr 202415min
027 - The Case for Less Technology & More Boredom (with Manoush Zomorodi)
Good news, bad news. The good news: in our modern world of endless entertainment, we have essentially solved the problem of boredom. The bad news: turns out boredom wasn't a problem, but a skill. The ...
4 Apr 202448min
026 - The Coach Up: How to Tap Into the Power of Ritual
"A ritual is routine with intention," says Katherine May (author of Wintering and Enchantment) on today's episode of The Coach Up. Whereas routines are a set of steps you don't have to think about, a ...
1 Apr 202414min
025 - Caitlin Clark & The Cost of Greatness
Last week, ESPN's Wright Thompson wrote a wonderfully reported profile of Iowa's Caitlin Clark (link below), who is playing in her last NCAA tournament and capping off a career as one of college baske...
28 Mar 202446min
024 - The Coach Up: Make Friends with Your Fatigue
Knowing how to be tired is a skill. If you don't know how to work with fatigue, you won't be able to push yourself when things get hard. On the other hand, if you only know how to push and can't under...
25 Mar 202412min
023 — When Does Exercise Become Unhealthy? (And Other Voicemails)
We’ve got voicemail(s)! On the last roundtable, we opened up our phone lines a you all answered the call with some great questions. So today’s episode is dedicated to answering three of the issues rai...
21 Mar 202438min
022 - The Coach Up: Instead of Toxic Positivity, Try Tragic Optimism
The world can be pretty wonderful. It can also be pretty terrible. So we need a mindset that works for both of these circumstances. Unfortunately, these days, we often live on the extremes. On the one...
18 Mar 202410min
021 - Are Our Cravings and Comforts Holding Us Back? (with Michael Easter)
In his books The Comfort Crisis and Scarcity Brain, Michael Easter explores two of the major complications of living in our modern world. The world is rife with comfort and convenience, which is great...
14 Mar 202448min
