Today’s guest is Steve Magness. Steve is a world-renowned expert on health and human performance. He is the co-author of the best-selling Peak Performance and The Passion Paradox, and the author of The Science of Running. He's the co-host of two podcasts, The Growth Equation Podcast and On Coaching with Magness and Marcus. Steve has served as a consultant and speaker for NASA, the Houston Rockets, Murphy Oil, the Brooklyn Nets, the Cleveland Guardians, the Seattle Sounders, the New Orleans Pelicans, and more. The occasion for today's chat is his latest book, Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and The Surprising Science of Real Toughness.

We talk about how being in the moment matters when aiming for success, confidence requires work and consistency, why perfectionism isn’t sustainable, how to use failure as motivation to keep going, and so much more!

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What to Listen For:

00:00 Intro
02:04 We focus so much on what’s going on externally
04:00 Using doubt in a productive way
06:59 Pressure and discomfort narrow us
11:21 Psychological debriefing with friends
17:14 Accept what you’re capable of in the moment
20:18 Confidence demands evidence
22:51 The real boost to your self esteem
26:26 High level of demandingness of parenting doesn’t work
31:26 Doing hard things and embracing difficult things
35:35 How do you change your relationship with discomfort?
39:54 Our doubts are normal
43:37 Perfectionism is not sustainable
46:07 If you succeed all the time, motivation plummets

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Steve Magness On The Shocking SCIENCE Of Mental TOUGHNESS & How to Become More CONFIDENT