{"id":2205,"date":"2019-05-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/podcasts\/leaders-performance-podcast-brad-stulberg\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T05:16:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T05:16:46","slug":"leaders-performance-podcast-brad-stulberg","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/podcasts\/leaders-performance-podcast-brad-stulberg\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaders Performance Podcast: Brad Stulberg"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- blocks\/hero-editorial -->\n<!-- inc\/hero-editorial -->\n<div class=\"hero es-hero__editorial hero--var-1\" role=\"banner\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1144932324.jpg);\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"hero__overlay grad-overlay content-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content\">\n                    \n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                            <p class=\"es-label es-label--md\">\n                                May 15, 2019                            <\/p>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/podcasts\" class=\"theme-dark hero__back-link back-link es-label es-label--sm\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon icon--md icon--arrow-left\"><\/span>Podcasts<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero__title\">Leaders Performance Podcast: Brad Stulberg<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n        \n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <section class=\"es-section theme-light hero__sidebar-wrapper container\">\n        <div class=\"hero__sidebar\">\n                            <div class=\"category-list\">\n                  <div class=\"es-label es-label--sm\">Category<\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/category\/human-performance\/\" rel=\"tag\">Human Performance<\/a>                <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"share-list\">\n                  <div class=\"es-label es-label--sm\">Share<\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/podcasts\/leaders-performance-podcast-brad-stulberg\/\">Facebook<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/podcasts\/leaders-performance-podcast-brad-stulberg\/&#038;text=Leaders Performance Podcast: Brad Stulberg\">Twitter<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Here's a Leaders In Sport article for you &amp;body=Check out this article: Leaders Performance Podcast: Brad Stulberg. https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/podcasts\/leaders-performance-podcast-brad-stulberg\/\">Email<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"#copyLink\" id=\"copyButton\" class=\"copy-link-clipboard\">Copy Link<\/a>\n                  <div id=\"textToCopy\" class=\"font-hidden\">https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/podcasts\/leaders-performance-podcast-brad-stulberg\/<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<!-- blocks\/section -->\n<section\n  class=\"es-section flexible-section  text-only theme-light\"\n    >\n                <div class=\"container\">\n                                    <div class=\"bg-striped-pattern__inner section-padding-top section-padding-bottom\">\n                <div class=\"es-section__inner col-parent col-parent--stack-sm\">\n                                            <div class=\"es-section__sidebar es-section__sidebar--sticky col col--12 \">\n                            \n                            \n                            \n                                                            <div class=\"es-section__text content-area\">\n                                    <p><h4>Passion is an important consideration for athletes and coaches alike but how do you harness that passion while also avoiding burnout?<\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<h6>By John Portch<\/h6>\n<p>That is one of the major questions addressed by Brad Stulberg and Steve Magness in their latest book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/592250\/the-passion-paradox-by-brad-stulberg-and-steve-magness\/9781635653434\/\">The Passion Paradox<\/a>. \u201cThis book is about learning to control your passions so that it doesn\u2019t control you,\u201d explains Stulberg in this exclusive interview with the Leaders Performance Podcast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd if you can control your passion then it might be the most powerful force not only for performance but a good, fulfilling life. If you have passion and you can\u2019t control it, it\u2019s a slippery slope to something that looks more like addiction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a tightly-packed agenda Stulberg also delves into:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Why his views on the subject put him at odds with Jon Bon Jovi [3:30];<\/li>\n<li>How coaches can help athletes find harmonious rather than obsessive passion [10:30];<\/li>\n<li>Prevention vs promotion mindsets and the fear of failure [15:30];<\/li>\n<li>The misconceptions around meditation and mindfulness [23:00];<\/li>\n<li>How athletes can control narratives, which quickly become self-fulfilling prophecies [26:40].<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/id\/43938667\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"138px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Previous Episode:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance\/leaders-performance-podcast-2019-lsps-las-vegas\/\">Ep 42: An Encore from the Leaders Sport Performance Summit in Las Vegas.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Listen to the round-up above and subscribe today on <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/leaders-performance-podcast\/id1124488318?mt=2\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/leaders\/the-leaders-performance-podcast\">Stitcher <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/overcast.fm\/itunes1124488318\/leaders-performance-podcast\">Overcast<\/a>, or your chosen podcast platform.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Looking for more performance insight?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Why not download the latest Leaders Performance Special Report? The focus for this edition is wellbeing in elite sport and features an array of sports organisations including Premier League champions Manchester City, the NHL&#8217;s Toronto Maple Leafs, the England and Wales Cricket Board, English Super League side St Helens, Ineos Team UK sailing and High Performance Sport New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/info.leadersinsport.com\/l\/285402\/2019-05-09\/5khr1x\"><button>Download Report<\/button><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                            \n                            \n                            \n                                                    <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"col visibly-hidden col--flex-align-right\">\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The renowned author, speaker and human performance &#038; wellbeing coach discusses his new book The Passion Paradox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2206,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[21],"pathway":[],"topic":[],"sport":[],"class_list":["post-2205","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-performance"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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