# excellence, actually Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/excellence-actually-1225754 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/excellence-actually-1225754.md RSS feed: https://rss.art19.com/excellence--actually Official site: https://art19.com/shows/excellence--actually Author: Steve Magness, Brad Stulberg, & Clay Skipper Episodes: 353 ## Resource "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. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/excellence-actually-1225754 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/excellence-actually-1225754.md ## Episodes - [The New Science of Pain (and What It Means for You)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/excellence-actually-1225754/the-new-science-of-pain-and-what-it-means-for-you) — 2026-05-14T09:00:00+00:00 - [The Cost of Keeping Your Options Open (with David Epstein)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/excellence-actually-1225754/the-cost-of-keeping-your-options-open-with-david-epstein) — 2026-05-07T07:00:00+00:00 - [How to Break Through Barriers (Lessons from the Sub-Two-Hour Marathon)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/excellence-actually-1225754/how-to-break-through-barriers-lessons-from-the-sub-two-hour-marathon) — 2026-04-30T07:00:00+00:00 - [How to Save Your Brain (with Cal Newport)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/excellence-actually-1225754/how-to-save-your-brain-with-cal-newport) — 2026-04-23T07:00:00+00:00 - [What Every Athlete Can Learn from Elite Distance Runners](https://stenobird.com/podcast/excellence-actually-1225754/what-every-athlete-can-learn-from-elite-distance-runners) — 2026-04-16T08:00:00+00:00 - [How to Change, Actually (with Eric Zimmer)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/excellence-actually-1225754/how-to-change-actually-with-eric-zimmer) — 2026-04-09T07:30:00+00:00 - [Use the “Zero-Zero Reset” to Perform Under Pressure](https://stenobird.com/podcast/excellence-actually-1225754/use-the-zero-zero-reset-to-perform-under-pressure) — 2026-04-02T09:00:00+00:00 - [How to Coach Anyone, Including Yourself](https://stenobird.com/podcast/excellence-actually-1225754/how-to-coach-anyone-including-yourself) — 2026-03-26T12:00:00+00:00 - [Stop Self-Sabotaging: How to Get Out of Your Own Way](https://stenobird.com/podcast/excellence-actually-1225754/stop-self-sabotaging-how-to-get-out-of-your-own-way) — 2026-03-19T07:00:00+00:00 - [Unstuck Yourself: The Art of Building and Keeping Momentum](https://stenobird.com/podcast/excellence-actually-1225754/unstuck-yourself-the-art-of-building-and-keeping-momentum) — 2026-03-12T07:00:00+00:00 - [Beautiful Suffering: How Elite Athletes Find Joy in the Grind](https://stenobird.com/podcast/excellence-actually-1225754/beautiful-suffering-how-elite-athletes-find-joy-in-the-grind) — 2026-03-05T10:00:00+00:00 - [Back to Work: Navigating Success, A.I., and the Unknown](https://stenobird.com/podcast/excellence-actually-1225754/back-to-work-navigating-success-a-i-and-the-unknown) — 2026-02-26T10:00:00+00:00 - [Olympics Review: Lessons in Pressure, Courage, and Going All the Way](https://stenobird.com/podcast/excellence-actually-1225754/olympics-review-lessons-in-pressure-courage-and-going-all-the-way) — 2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 - [The Olympian's Guide to Handling Pressure, with Lilah Fear](https://stenobird.com/podcast/excellence-actually-1225754/the-olympian-s-guide-to-handling-pressure-with-lilah-fear) — 2026-02-12T08:00:00+00:00 - [How to Pursue Excellence Without Sacrificing Your Values](https://stenobird.com/podcast/excellence-actually-1225754/how-to-pursue-excellence-without-sacrificing-your-values) — 2026-02-05T08:00:00+00:00 - [How to Get Out of Your Head and Into the Zone](https://stenobird.com/podcast/excellence-actually-1225754/how-to-get-out-of-your-head-and-into-the-zone) — 2026-01-29T09:24:24+00:00 - [The Way of Excellence: Inside Brad's New Book](https://stenobird.com/podcast/excellence-actually-1225754/the-way-of-excellence-inside-brad-s-new-book) — 2026-01-22T12:19:43+00:00 - [Why Your Routine Might Be Working Against You](https://stenobird.com/podcast/excellence-actually-1225754/why-your-routine-might-be-working-against-you) — 2026-01-15T08:00:00+00:00 - [New Year, Same BS: How to Build Habits That Actually Stick](https://stenobird.com/podcast/excellence-actually-1225754/new-year-same-bs-how-to-build-habits-that-actually-stick) — 2026-01-08T08:00:00+00:00 - [26 Lessons on Excellence to Jump Start 2026](https://stenobird.com/podcast/excellence-actually-1225754/26-lessons-on-excellence-to-jump-start-2026) — 2026-01-01T08:00:00+00:00 - [Best Of: Courtney Dauwalter — Inside the (Joyful) Mind of an Elite Ultrarunner](https://stenobird.com/podcast/excellence-actually-1225754/best-of-courtney-dauwalter-inside-the-joyful-mind-of-an-elite-ultrarunner) — 2025-12-25T10:21:56+00:00 - [How to Push Your Limits, with World-Champion Climber Sasha DiGiulian](https://stenobird.com/podcast/excellence-actually-1225754/how-to-push-your-limits-with-world-champion-climber-sasha-digiulian) — 2025-12-18T10:23:33+00:00 - ["It's Never All Bad:" How to Suffer (with Matt Fitzgerald)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/excellence-actually-1225754/it-s-never-all-bad-how-to-suffer-with-matt-fitzgerald) — 2025-12-11T08:00:00+00:00 - [The Talent Episode: Is Greatness Born or Built?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/excellence-actually-1225754/the-talent-episode-is-greatness-born-or-built) — 2025-12-04T08:00:00+00:00 - [Q+A: On Bad Habits, Post-Race Fitness, and “Boring” Work](https://stenobird.com/podcast/excellence-actually-1225754/q-a-on-bad-habits-post-race-fitness-and-boring-work) — 2025-11-27T08:00:00+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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