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What if excellence isn’t a finish line—but a way of living that shapes who you become?

In this episode of Win Today, I sit down with Brad Stulberg, bestselling author of Peak Performance and The Practice of Groundedness, to unpack his brand-new book, The Way of Excellence.

We explore how excellence has been hijacked by hustle culture—and how to reclaim it as a value-driven practice rooted in meaning, consistency, and personal integrity.

Brad breaks down the core framework from The Way of Excellence, including:

• Why true excellence starts with engaged involvement, not performative effort
• How to choose worthwhile pursuits that energize you instead of draining you
• The role identity plays in sustaining long-term mastery
• Why values—not vanity metrics—should guide your goals

We also dive into:

• “Zombie burnout” and why it often comes from too little meaningful challenge
• How to design systems that favor consistency over intensity
• Protecting focus from “attention vampires” in a noisy world
• Holding outcome goals without letting them define your worth
• Letting failure sting just long enough to learn—and then returning to the craft

Brad shares practical tools you can apply immediately: monthly and weekly goal setting, guarding deep focus, revisiting values at the right cadence, and reframing winning as giving your full effort in a way you respect.

If you’re tired of hustle theater and ready to build excellence that actually lasts, this conversation will reset how you think about success.

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Winning Is… choosing the right environment. In this series of "Winning Is...", we talk with Damon West about mindset, resilience, and personal growth through the coffee bean philosophy. Damon explains how environment, daily self-talk, and simple leadership habits drive consistent success in life, work, and recovery. If you’re looking for practical motivation, mental toughness, and tools to perform under pressure, this episode delivers fast, actionable insight.

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What if the hardest day of your life was actually your rescue? In this episode, Damon West shares how a 65-year prison sentence became the foundation for purpose, service, and daily wins through his now-famous coffee bean mindset—choosing to transform the environment instead of being broken by it. We unpack practical tools Damon used under maximum pressure: daily surrender, a simple two-line prayer, the fourth column of personal inventory that restores agency, and why eliminating the word “try” changes everything. If you’re looking for resilience, recovery, or a mindset reset that actually works, this conversation will challenge you to show up, serve others, and become the change agent wherever life has placed you.

Key Takeaways:
• How to transform adversity instead of absorbing it
• Why radical ownership unlocks freedom and momentum
• Simple daily practices that build purpose, even on hard days

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