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Peak Performance
Brad Stulberg & Steve Magness
4.17 (8869 Reviews)
Self-growth
Productivity
Psychology
Panoramica
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Overview of Peak Performance

"Peak Performance" reveals the science-backed formula "stress + rest = growth" that Olympic coaches and elite performers swear by. Endorsed by Adam Grant, it's the counterintuitive guide that proves your greatest breakthroughs happen not through constant hustle, but strategic recovery. Ready to transcend your limits?

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When the Four-Minute Mile Revealed Everything We Misunderstood About Excellence

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In 1954, Roger Bannister broke through a barrier that scientists thought might kill him. The four-minute mile seemed physiologically impossible-until it wasn't. Today, high school students regularly break this once-impossible mark. What changed? Not human physiology, but our understanding of how excellence actually works. Here's the paradox that drives everything: we've been approaching peak performance completely backwards. We worship the grind, celebrate sleepless nights, and glorify burnout as the price of greatness. Yet the world's most sustainable high performers-from Olympic champions to Nobel laureates-follow a radically different playbook. They've discovered that strategic rest isn't the opposite of hard work; it's what makes hard work actually work. The formula is deceptively simple: stress plus rest equals growth. Miss either ingredient, and you're either stagnating or burning out. Master both, and you unlock a level of sustainable excellence that feels less like grinding and more like flowing. Think of your last really hard workout, creative project, or mental challenge. That burning sensation, that feeling of being stretched beyond comfort-that's not just discomfort. That's your body and brain literally calling for resources, triggering an adaptation response that says "we need to get stronger here." Elite marathoner Deena Kastor understood this intuitively. Her training was legendary: 24-mile runs at 9,000 feet, lung-searing intervals, 110-140 weekly miles that would break most humans. But ask her the secret to decades of dominance, and she'll surprise you: "The workouts are the easy part." Her real edge? Ten to twelve hours of nightly sleep. Meticulous nutrition. Regular bodywork. She treated recovery with the same intensity most athletes reserve for training.

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The Universal Growth Formula and Finding Your Edge Through Discomfort

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The Concentration Advantage That Separates Experts From Everyone Else

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The Counterintuitive Science of Strategic Shutdown and Recovery

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Building Routines and Environments That Make Excellence Automatic

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The Minimalist Path to Maximum Impact Through Strategic Elimination

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Living With Purpose Beyond Yourself to Unlock Superhuman Performance

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