"It’s one of the hardest, thorniest questions to wrestle with - but I think it’s person-dependent. Some people perform better from a place of freedom and joy, and then others [perform better] from a place of compulsion, fear, and ego fragility.”
Brad Stulberg has authored many books in the emerging interdisciplinary research field of performance science including his latest, Masters of Change.
In this conversation, we tie many of the key takeaways back to the world of mountain ultra trail running specifically discussing topics like willpower depletion, whether talent needs trauma, the benefits of group training, and self-distancing.
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