Two skills that will be helpful to anyone trying to master a craft or achieve excellence (or, frankly, make it through life): the capacity to be with difficulty, and an ability to show up consistently even when nothing is on the line. Luckily, today's guest has more than fifty years of practice with both. Stephen Batchelor is a Buddhist thinker, teacher, and author, who has written numerous books on how Buddhist wisdom can be applied in everyday life. Today, he discusses his path to Buddhism—including more than a decade of intensive study—and offers wisdom on how to best cultivate a nonreactive mind, why a focus on practice (rather than results) can free you up to "realize your own excellence," and the important difference between radical acceptance and resignation.

To learn more about Stephen Batchelor, visit his website here: https://stephenbatchelor.org/

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On this episode of The Coach Up, you'll learn how the Pareto Principle can be used to help you get clarity on what's most essential in your life — from work to exercise to diet to relationships — in order to keep you feeling and performing your best. This will be particularly helpful if you're feeling stuck in your life or struggling to make a change or get started on a new habit or practice, or if you're feeling overwhelmed, like you have too much to do and need to figure out how to pare back.

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Today, Clay asks Steve to answer all of your most pressing marathon questions: what to know before signing up; what he thinks the Boston Marathon should do about qualifying standards, how to think about setting a reasonable and achievable goal; breaking down the physiological and psychological importance of building an aerobic base; how to think about building out a plan; how to incorporate speed work; how to find your marathon pace; what novices can learn and use from an elite runner's training block; a simplified way to think about threshold and tempo workouts; how to think about skipping or cutting short workouts. All that and more to get you ready to run 26.2 miles, whether it's your first time or your fiftieth.

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