26 Lessons on Excellence to Jump Start 2026
We're ringing in 2026 by bringing you 26 lessons that will help you achieve excellence in whatever it is you do. These are the the habits, practices, and mindsets that we revisit so often in our work ...
1 Tammi 44min
Best Of: Courtney Dauwalter — Inside the (Joyful) Mind of an Elite Ultrarunner
Merry Christmas! We're taking a little break, so we're bringing you an episode with an all-time great athlete, Courtney Dauwalter, whose interview, two years later, still delivers some all-time great ...
25 Joulu 20251h
How to Push Your Limits, with World-Champion Climber Sasha DiGiulian
Just last month, Sasha DiGiulian completed only the fourth ever free climb (and the first by a woman) of "Platinum," a route on El Capitan—a 23-day feat that tested her physical and mental boundaries,...
18 Joulu 202546min
"It's Never All Bad:" How to Suffer (with Matt Fitzgerald)
At some point, we're all going to suffer. So what if you treated it as a practice—something to be done skillfully? This was the question Matt posed to himself when he came back to running in his late ...
11 Joulu 202545min
The Talent Episode: Is Greatness Born or Built?
Today, we dive deep into the age-old debate of talent acquisition versus talent development, using the contrasting blueprints of top college basketball teams as a springboard. We discuss the complex i...
4 Joulu 202547min
Q+A: On Bad Habits, Post-Race Fitness, and “Boring” Work
As a thanks you to you on Thanksgiving week, we're answering a handful of listener questions.1. How can I navigate periods of intense work where my life is out of balance without developing bad habits...
27 Marras 202540min
The Mental Fitness Playbook: Resilience, Regulation, and Flexibility
Elite performers know: mental fitness needs the same intentional training as physical fitness. In this episode, we break down mental fitness into three trainable components: resilience (your mental st...
20 Marras 202541min
Doing it All: The CEO Who Ran a 2:29 Marathon (with Nick Thompson)
How does someone become CEO of The Atlantic, run a 2:29 marathon at age 44, write books, make music, and still be present for their family? For the answer, we turned to Nick Thompson, who, convenientl...
13 Marras 202546min
