

excellence, actually
Steve Magness, Brad Stulberg, & Clay Skipper
"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.
Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on the excellence, actually podcast:

#1 Mentioned in 5 episodes
Winning the inside game

#2 Mentioned in 3 episodes
The Practice of Groundedness
A Transformative Path to Success That Feeds--Not Crushes--Your Soul

#3 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Peak Performance
Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success

#4 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Do Hard Things
A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations

#5 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Brave New World

#6 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The World Beyond Your Head
On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction

#7 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Extended Mind
The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain

#8 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Walden

#9 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Meditations for Mortals

#10 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Middlemarch

#11 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Consolations
The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words

#12 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Wealth of Nations

#13 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Full Catastrophe Living
Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness

#14 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Filter World
How Algorithms Flattened Culture

#15 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Why We Drive
Toward a Philosophy of the Open Road

#16 Mentioned in 1 episodes
In My Time of Dying

#17 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Why We Make Things and Why It Matters

#18 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The presentation of self in everyday life

#19 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

#20 Mentioned in 1 episodes