
Chasing Excellence Surplus Value Mindset: Become the Person Everyone Wants on Their Crew (w/ Chris Irwin & Mark England)
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Feb 9, 2026 Mark England, co-founder of Enlifted who trains coaches in breath and storytelling, and Chris Irwin, naval special-ops veteran turned mental fitness coach, explore the surplus value mindset. They discuss capacity to respond, breath as a baseline leadership skill, entrainment and calm influence, practical moves like slow speech and listening, and how to assess if you add more than you take.
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Fitness As Capacity To Respond
- Fitness is best defined as your capacity to respond to whatever life throws at you.
- That capacity applies equally to physical and mental challenges.
Surplus Value Explained
- Surplus value means adding more to others than you take away.
- Being an asset means you can care for yourself and also extend help to others.
Ask The Asset Or Burden Question
- Ask yourself in every situation: am I an asset or a burden right now?
- Use that simple assessment to identify where you need to increase your capacity.






