The Practice of Groundedness A Transformative Path to Success That Feeds--Not Crushes--Your Soul

Groundedness is much more about what's the foundation that is going to hold you not only when things are going well, but also when things aren't.

The principles of groundedness are really like those roots. These aren't things that you necessarily see when you look at someone. But if you internally take care of patience, acceptance, presence, vulnerability, community, movement, it helps you stand strong throughout all that weather.

My good friend Brad Stulberg is back, bestselling author of Peak Performance, The Practice of Groundedness, and his latest book is called The Way of Excellence.

When my book, The Practice of Groundedness came out in 2021, Mike Dunleavy Jr. was just being named the GM of the Warriors. And he somehow came across my book and shot me a message.

and then he wrote the passion paradox and the practice of groundedness we carry both the practice of groundedness

we are briefly both at portfolio penguin that's where he wrote the practice of groundedness

And here is my interview with Brad Stolberg his new book the practice of groundedness is wonderful I also like his book peak performance so here's me talking with Brad yeah I was thinking about this idea of groundedness which is the new book like I was thinking about how much more literally grounded my life is like I was walking on a dirt road this morning instead of concrete there were no cars going by I was outside like I think there's also you know none of almost nowhere you can live in the United States at this point is like sort of pristine nature but I do think the a even the suburbs are more natural than the sort of concrete jungle busy city life which I find like I think it wasn't until I moved out of New York City that I was quite and then I went back like I moved out and then I now when I traveled there particularly as I've gotten older how much how viscerally the noise pollution affects me like you go through your life not hearing large trucks or horns or jackhammers and then you hear them and you're like oh wow this is awful like this isn't natural to hear all the time and you can get really used to hearing it so you're not aware of the harm the progressive harm that's having an inner body but it is there

Brad is the co-author of a book we actually sell at the Painted Porch which I really like called Peak Performance.

He's also the author of the Passion Paradox.

So walk me through that journey because I guess I have a similar one. Walk me through the decision to leave Oakland and live somewhere quieter.

if you're gonna use your hands and your feet like your hands and your feet are gonna get soaring calloused right and what that means if you're gonna live a life you're gonna get beat up

This is the important thing for me. We talked about this in today's episode. I don't want the pandemic to have been a productive, fruitful, creative period for me simply because I just abstained from all the other things that I used to do.