The Growth Equation LLC · Business

excellence, actually

"excellence, actually" is a podcast from The Growth Equation, hosted by Steve Magness, Brad Stulberg, and Clay Skipper. Drawing on their years of working and corresponding with Olympians, coaches, executives, world-class physicians, and other elite-level achievers in their coaching practice and professional careers, they give you the mental and physical tools, practices, habits, and frameworks used by the best in the world in the pursuit of excellence. Each episode will give you concrete ideas and tips to use in your life immediately to help you become more meaningfully engaged in the pursuits that support your goals and your values. This is not the performative nonsense that is peddled online by grifters and influencers, but the evidence-based systems that work for the best in the world. This is excellence, actually. (This podcast used to appear under the name FAREWELL .) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

Pain is a complex, global experience arising from a confluence of biological, psychological, and social factors rather than purely local tissue damage. The traditional biomedical view, which treats pain as a direct indicator of physical injury, often fails to account for how mindsets, social support, and life stress in...

The Cost of Keeping Your Options Open (with David Epstein)

07 May 2026

57m

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Constraints act as essential catalysts for creativity and productivity, countering the modern tendency toward endless optionality and optimization. Rather than hindering progress, well-defined limits—such as those that led Dmitri Mendeleev to discover the periodic table or Dr. Seuss to write Green Eggs and Ham—force in...

How to Break Through Barriers (Lessons from the Sub-Two-Hour Marathon)

30 Apr 2026

40m

How to Save Your Brain (with Cal Newport)

23 Apr 2026

52m

What Every Athlete Can Learn from Elite Distance Runners

16 Apr 2026

45m

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Running performance relies on a balance of consistent, sustainable training rather than the pursuit of perfection or adherence to rigid, high-intensity fads. Aerobic development requires building a foundational base through volume, with threshold work—performed at a "comfortably hard" intensity—offering the most signif...