Brad Stulberg
Writer and coach on performance, well-being and excellence; author of The Way of Excellence, Master of Change and The Practice of Groundedness, and co-author of Peak Performance and The Passion Paradox.
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What they believe
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Progress comes more from consistency than from intensity.
People think intensity drives progress, but it’s much more about consistency. It’s not about hitting home runs, but stepping into the arena and putting the ball in play. It’s about being there over and over again.
thegrowtheq.comSaid 23 Sept 2026This on korrents
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People are hardwired for the feeling of giving their all to something they care about, and feel it when watching excellence in others.
We are hardwired for the feeling that accompanies giving our all to something we care about it. We feel it ourselves, and we feel it when we observe excellence in others.
thegrowtheq.comSaid 10 Sept 2026This on korrents
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Progress comes more from consistency than from intensity.
People think intensity drives progress, but it’s much more about consistency. It’s not about hitting home runs, but stepping into the arena and putting the ball in play. It’s about being there over and over again.
An Ode to Showing Up Said 23 Sept 2026
Motivation is not a precondition for getting going, because getting going often gives a chance of feeling good.
There’s this myth that you need to feel good to get going, that you need to be super inspired and super motivated all the time. But more often than not, in reality, what you need is to get going to give yourself a chance at feeling good.
An Ode to Showing Up Said 23 Sept 2026
People are hardwired for the feeling of giving their all to something they care about, and feel it when watching excellence in others.
We are hardwired for the feeling that accompanies giving our all to something we care about it. We feel it ourselves, and we feel it when we observe excellence in others.
The US Open, Human Excellence, and What AI and Machines Will Never Replace Said 10 Sept 2026
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The highest performers and most satisfied people look unbalanced in any one moment but balanced across a whole life.
When you look at the highest performers and most satisfied people and zoom in on any one moment of their life, they don’t look very balanced. They are almost always going full steam on one, or maybe two, things. But when you zoom out and look across their entire life, they actually start to appear quite balanced. Their balance is sequential, not simultaneous.
Stop Trying to Be Balanced and Live Life in Seasons Instead Said 13 Aug 2026
Minimum effective doses for family, craft, fitness and friends let a person focus on one without leaving the others behind.
I like to think about having minimum effective doses for each of the important parts of my identity: family, craft, fitness, and friends. This means when I’m focused predominantly on one of those things, I still make sure to spend enough time and energy on the others so as not to leave them completely behind.
Stop Trying to Be Balanced and Live Life in Seasons Instead Said 13 Aug 2026
Hustle-culture content wrongly suggests that anyone who is not miserable or near burnout is not working hard enough.
Hustle-culture grindslop makes you think that if you’re not miserable or bordering on burnout, you’re not working hard enough. But this couldn’t be further from the truth.
That You Must Suffer for Greatness is a Dangerous Lie Said 16 Jul 2026
Some pain is legitimate on the way to greatness, but if pain dominates the experience, the approach is wrong.
Greatness doesn’t mean everything will always be lovely, or that en route to attaining your potential is a whole lot of hand-holding and singing kumbaya. Sometimes there will be legitimate pain. But if everything is always painful, if the pain is the dominant quality of your experience, then you are doing it wrong.
That You Must Suffer for Greatness is a Dangerous Lie Said 16 Jul 2026
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Where they publish
Site bradstulberg.com Their own site: books, writing and speaking.
His books and popular writing on performance and well-being.
Link verified 10 Oct 2026.
Newsletter The Growth Equation Their newsletter, written with Steve Magness.
Essays on excellence, performance and a good life, co-written with Steve Magness; each post carries its author’s byline.
Link verified 10 Oct 2026.
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