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006 - The Coach Up: 5 Lessons on Focus, Leadership, and Greatness (with NFL coach Andy Reid)
A special edition of The Coach Up! In the wake of the Kansas City Chiefs' playoff victory over the Buffalo Bills, Clay revisits a 2020 conversation h…
2 years, 6 months ago
005 - How the Cult of Wellness is Failing Us (with Kate Bowler)
What if I told you our country's approach to wellness was heavily influenced by the history of American religion? Kate Bowler, a professor of religio…
2 years, 6 months ago
004 - The Coach Up: Why You Should Stop Your Workout (Just) Short
Throughout his many years of coaching, Steve Magness has put together a unique set of tools for training mental toughness. In this week's Coach Up, h…
2 years, 6 months ago
003 - Fantasy Draft: Our 12 Favorite Movies & Shows About Performance
We are living in an entertainment boom, which is both a blessing and a curse: there's more great content than ever before, but you have to sort throu…
2 years, 7 months ago
002 - The Coach Up: How to Set Better Goals
For the first episode of The Coach Up, we've got three different experts—Brad, Steve, and Katy Milkman, a behavioral scientist at Wharton—offering th…
2 years, 7 months ago
001 - Inside the (Joyful) Mind of Elite Ultrarunner Courtney Dauwalter
Last summer, ultrarunner Courtney Dauwalter did something that had never been done before. She ran three of the sport's most iconic 100-mile races...…
2 years, 7 months ago
Welcome to FAREWELL, Premiering January 4th (Trailer)
On January 4th, we are relaunching The Growth Equation Podcast as FAREWELL. Hosted by Clay Skipper, it's a show about performance, delivering you the…
2 years, 7 months ago
203 - Is Motivational Speaking a Scam?
Steve, Brad, and Clay react to a recent story in the The New Yorker about the motivational speaker economy (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/1…
2 years, 7 months ago
202 - End of Year Roundtable: Habits We Started, Goals We Have, Trends We're Buying/Selling
Clay, Brad, and Steve round out the year by answering four questions: What's a habit you started (or stopped) in 2023? What's a physical goal you hav…
2 years, 7 months ago
201 - This Book Changed How We Think About Performance and Anxiety
A deep dive on Mark Epstein’s book “Going to Pieces without Falling Apart:" Brad and Clay unpack the key insights and takeaways that will help get yo…
2 years, 8 months ago