#149 - Steve Magness

Steve is a world-renowned expert on health and human performance. He is the co-author of the best-selling books Peak Performance, The Passion Paradox, and The Science of Running, running being a huge passion of his. His work has appeared in Sports Illustrated, Wired and Forbes. As a performance coach, Steve works with entrepreneurs, executives, and pro athletes...plus is a consultant for some of the top teams in US pro sport.

Steve is also the co-founder of The Growth Equation with Brad Stulberg, a platform, and community for the art, science, and practice of performance and wellbeing - no wonder we wanted to speak with Steve! We would highly recommend you check out their website, subscribe to their newsletter that addresses the art and science of success - and their Patreon account.

Today we speak about real toughness and the science of extraordinary resilience (his next book!). We ask Steve to shed light on the intersection of wellbeing, fulfillment, and peak performance from his perspective, and also his reading process...being a successful author. We unpack the issue of managing egos when individuals work together on multiple projects and how to make sure that partnership works out - basically a question for Ciaran and I selfishly!!!

Thanks for joining us, Steve!
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This episode was brought to you by Hauora - a performance wellbeing growth partner. Hauora aims to educate and impact individual behavioural change and organisational culture to ignite health, wellbeing, and performance. Find out more at www.HauoraLife.com

Key Timestamps

• 1. 58 - Process of book writing

• 3. 55 - Matt Billingsley - Taylor Swift drummer

• 7. 38 - How to navigate discomfort

• 9. 34 - Poor performance + negative stress response

• 10. 90 - Response to losses and increased cortisol

• 11. 44 - Reducing stress + processing setbacks with friends

• 13. 23 - Self-determination theory

• 14. 31 - Autonomy + coaching

• 16. 26 - SA Spurs creating culture + Popovich

• 17. 20 - Steve Kerr + giving players control

• 19. 43 - The why behind the growth equation

• 20. 50 - Societal norms limiting introspection

• 22. 43 - Self assessment, internal body, interoception + wellbeing

• 24. 04 - keeping egos in check in a partnership

• 26. 00 - using failure to keep yourself grounded

• 27. 24 - being a pusher and looking forward

• 29. 24 - reading as a high leverage activity

• 33. 10 - What does high performance mean to Steve?