{"podcast":{"title":"excellence, actually","slug":"excellence-actually-1225754","podcast_index_feed_id":1225754,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/excellence--actually","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/excellence--actually","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/77/ba/39/bf/77ba39bf-1593-49dd-adc0-27864830085e/dec4218289381e676d633c0359603433de542ccc1597a270e8103847f2a85d4e22ee5eea9053597c6d0edcc3bfc61f8c6367074593459d98be6665d7df58404f.jpeg","author":"Steve Magness, Brad Stulberg, & Clay Skipper","episode_count":353,"summary":"\"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.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/excellence-actually-1225754"},"episode":{"title":"Olympics Review: Lessons in Pressure, Courage, and Going All the Way","slug":"olympics-review-lessons-in-pressure-courage-and-going-all-the-way","published_at":"2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/excellence-actually-1225754/olympics-review-lessons-in-pressure-courage-and-going-all-the-way","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/excellence-actually-1225754","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/441/claritaspod.com/measure/prfx.byspotify.com/e/rss.art19.com/episodes/24e8abfe-a5ac-4e9f-9498-8bb7bd510112.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/441/claritaspod.com/measure/prfx.byspotify.com/e/rss.art19.com/episodes/24e8abfe-a5ac-4e9f-9498-8bb7bd510112.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"The Olympics are the ultimate laboratory for human performance. So today we're diving into some our favorite moments from the 2026 edition—and the lessons we can take from them. Between the bizarre \"penis-gate\" ski jumping scandal, Lindsey Vonn's downhill ski, and Ilia \"Quad God\" Malinin's ice skating performance, there are tough questions to tackle: When does dedication cross into dangerous territory? How does an athlete handle Olympic pressure — or recover from failure on the world stage? And what can we all learn for our own pursuit from these elite athletes? Get a free LMNT drink mix pack with any purchase: drinkLMNT.com/Clay Click here for an AI-generated transcript - Subscribe to The Growth Equation newsletter - Join The Growth Equation Academy - If you are enjoying \"excellence, actually,\" do us a huge favor: text your favorite episode to three people so they can enjoy it, too. Thanks! iTunes and Apple Podcasts Spotify Android PocketCasts YouTube See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .","meta_description":"The Olympics are the ultimate laboratory for human performance. So today we're diving into some our favorite moments from the 2026 edition—and the lessons…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1962,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/excellence-actually-1225754/episodes/olympics-review-lessons-in-pressure-courage-and-going-all-the-way/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/excellence-actually-1225754/olympics-review-lessons-in-pressure-courage-and-going-all-the-way.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}