Resilience
A Crisis of Values in the Health and Performance Space
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This past Saturday, January 31, the United States Department of Justice released a large batch of files related to Jeffrey…
A Shining Example of True Greatness
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We often write about actual greatness versus pseudo greatness here at The Growth Equation. Often, it’s from a distance, an…
The Importance of Learning How to Lose Well
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“I can’t function as a human being after a loss. I can’t eat. I can’t shave. I can’t hug…
The Case for Friction
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We need to start thinking about building our identity in the same way we think about building our physical fitness.
The Shortfalls of Willpower
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Chances are you’ve heard of the Marshmallow experiment. In the 1970s, a group of researchers led by Walter Mischel at…
Factors of Resilience
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I recently heard someone say that the inherent unpredictability and uncertainty of life can feel like “looking both ways before…
Do Animals Choke Under Pressure?
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Pressure can be insidious to performance. It can alter the link between perception and action, making us feel like foreigners…
Don’t Trust Your Gut Unless It’s Calibrated
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Imagine you are walking down a dimly lit street at night in a foreign city. Your shoulders tense up, unease…
Listen to Kobe: Spend Time Alone in Your Head
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“How do you negotiate with your self. That’s the biggest thing.” — Kobe Bryant. When one of history’s greatest basketball…