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Brad Stulberg is the New York Times best-selling author of The Way of Excellence. He cohosts the Growth Equation podcast, coaches executives and entrepreneurs, and is on the faculty at the University of Michigan's Graduate School of Public Health. He also deadlifts 530 pounds!

He's also the author of The Practice of Groundedness and coauthor of Peak Performance.

In this conversation, we explore what it means to run sustainably:

• The truth about motivation
• Why "balance" is often an illusion
• The incredible power of surrounding yourself with the right people
• Is anxiety actually a bad thing?
• His thoughts on Alex Honnold's summit of Tapei 101 live on Netflix

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