Jun 30, 2026
What does climbing a mountain teach you about the rest of your life?
In this episode, Brian shares five lessons from completing the 29029 endurance challenge—lessons that extend far beyond the mountain. He reflects on how every person's journey is different, why we should never assume we know what someone else is...
Jun 29, 2026
A baseball manager wins a World Series game with a call he made the night before — and that's the whole point. Based on a Harvard Business Review study of eleven elite coaches across football, basketball, baseball, and rugby, this episode breaks high-pressure decision-making into three clear phases. Before the moment:...
Jun 26, 2026
If the effort is long enough, that moment is coming — the one where a little doubt creeps in and starts looking for a reason to stop. Brian shares what he's learned from years of pushing past his comfort zone, and why the people who don't finish almost never fail because of their bodies. They fail because of the voice...
Jun 25, 2026
Most high performers treat every hour like it's the same — and quietly waste their best ones. In this episode, Brian breaks down your circadian rhythm: the roughly 24-hour internal clock that drives your alertness, focus, mood, and energy, all set largely by the light that hits your eyes in the morning. You'll learn...
Jun 24, 2026
Life doesn't hand you setbacks one at a time. More often the big work problem and the personal crisis show up together — and both get harder for it. Drawing on an article that Brian recently read, he walks through four moves for leading through overlapping pressure: admit it's messy and reset what "good enough" means...