Brad Stulberg
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1,230 appearances
3 recordings
3 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard 31 Mar
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I think that people make these two mistakes around intensity.
The first is, again, that intensity and joy can't coexist.
And that's just not true.
The second is, I think people often overrate intensity because they see the all-nighter.
They see the person who works out till they puke.
And they think like, oh, that's awesome.
That feels so good to just really give it your all.
And they underrate consistency.
And consistency is the showing up day in and day out and actually showing some restraint.
Because if you push way too hard, then you're never going to be able to get back and do it again for a long period of time.
All right, so focus in today's world, to me, it's really actually quite simple.
Simple doesn't mean easy, but it's simple.
And it is just removing all the attention vampires in perpetual distraction devices that we otherwise surround ourselves with.
turning off your email client, putting your phone in another room, turning off the television if it's on.
Really, digital devices in particular, these are the attention vampires.
They just suck away our attention.
And when we want to do meaningful, focused work, we need to remove these things.
Willpower is never going to be enough.
I know you've had prior guests who have pointed this out, that the way that these devices are designed, it's just way too strong, and willpower is not enough.
So what we have to do is we have to say, all right,
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