114 - Choke, Recover, Repeat: Mastering the Art of Resilience
In the world of sport and performance, a lot is made of executing under pressure. "Don't choke," we often say. However, what is perhaps more impressive (not to mention realistic) is being able to boun...
17 Apr 202547min
113 - Playing the Long Game in a Quick-Fix World
As we often say, people have a tendency to drastically overestimate what they can do in a day and drastically underestimate what they can do in a year, particularly these days when so much of our worl...
10 Apr 202534min
112 - Building True Confidence: The Practical Path from Bravado to Belief
Today we're breaking down confidence. We discuss what it is (earned self-belief) and what it isn't (bravado, arrogance, positive thinking, or the absence of doubt and insecurity); how to build and mai...
3 Apr 202539min
111 - How to Better Manage Stress
Today, we talk about how to navigate life and athletic performance amidst stress. We discuss the impact of mental and emotional stress on physical performance, and share personal anecdotes and scienti...
27 Mar 202533min
110 - Bracketology: Who is the World's Top Performer?
March Madness is back! In honor of its return, we put together a special edition FAREWELL bracket with sixteen of the world's best performers, across sports and entertainment. Following a random seedi...
20 Mar 202545min
109 - How (and Why) to Spend Some Time Alone in Your Head
"All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone." The French philosopher Blaise Pascal said this in 1654. A study published in 2014 found this to be true: many sub...
13 Mar 202553min
108 - Musk, Chalamet, and Real vs. Fake Greatness (with Cal Newport)
A couple of recent events—Elon Musk parading onstage with a chainsaw at the Conservative Political Action Conference and bragging about DOGE's 120-hour work weeks, and Timothée Chalamet saying he want...
6 Mar 20251h 14min
107 - Wise Words: 16 of Our Favorite Quotes to Live By
Today we're sharing our all-time favorite quotes we've collected over the years. These are words about everything from performance to spirituality to decency that we keep coming back to when we need i...
27 Feb 202532min
