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The Way Most Executives Build Their Diary Is Backwards
Most executives build their diary in the wrong order.Work goes in first, and their physical capacity gets whatever is left over. Usually nothing.In this episode I walk...
Why You Cannot Maintain Your Performance No Matter How Hard You Work
Ten months before I ran out as captain, a surgeon told me I might not walk properly again.That moment in the tunnel taught me more about performance under pressure tha...
Mastering The Inner Game With Jay Hedley
Every leader I have worked with hits the same ceiling. Not a strategy ceiling. Not a physical one. The one between your ears.The game outside of you will only ever go ...
How To Leave Professional Sport and Build a Company On Your Terms With Alex Shaw
Leaving professional sport is one of the hardest transitions an athlete can make.On this week's episode, I sit down with former teammate and friend Alex Shaw, owner of...
Burnout isn't A Discipline Problem. It's An Infrastructure Problem.
- Burnout isn't a discipline problem. It's an infrastructure problem.Most CEOs, founders and executives think they're failing because they're not working hard enough. ...
Dark Energy: The Weapon That Built You Can Be The One That Breaks You
Dark energy has been a fuel source for me for years, and if you are a high achiever pushing yourself across mind, body and business, you have used it too. You might ju...
A Horse Snapped My Leg In Half. It Built My Entire Career.
Most people who talk about executive performance talk from the sky down.Self-help books. Spreadsheets. Mindset.I was built from the ground up.In this episode I tell th...
One Bad Night: The Exact Protocol I Follow When Sleep Is Not an Option
Last night my son decided sleep was optional. By 1:45 in the morning, I had given up on the idea of rest entirely.This morning my Garmin told me I had 4 hours and 5 mi...
Why Elite Performers Struggle to Grow (And What To Do About It)
The better you get, the harder growth becomes.Not because you are less capable. But because the game changes, and the version of you that was built to win the last gam...
Once An Athlete, Always An Athlete
My wife Rach was seventh in the world at 100 fly. On Saturday, she crossed the finish line of her first 70.3 Ironman.This episode is not a race report. It is an honest...
The Executives Guide To Performing On The Road
Most executives fall apart the moment they leave their routine. Here is why that is a systems problem, not a willpower problem.In this episode, I am recording on the g...
The Performance Gap That No CEO Talks About With Max Learmonth
Most CEOs think pressure is the problem.It is not. The problem is the lack of infrastructure to handle it.In this episode, I sit down with Max Learmonth, founder and C...
Man Alive Podcast | Will Foden: What Actually Builds Mental Toughness
Most people talk about resilience like it's something you read about.Mine was built on a rugby pitch, in a hospital in Hereford, on a sofa in Doncaster at 2 in the mor...
Capacity Is The Only Currency For Leadership Performance
Most leaders in 2026 are performing at 60 to 70 per cent of their actual capacity. The question is why? And more importantly, what to do about it?In this episode I am ...
The Three Drivers of Leadership Performance Most Founders Completely Ignore
Most leaders are white knuckling their way through performance. More meetings, more output, more pressure. And wondering why nothing changes.In this episode, I break d...
Most Leaders End a Quarter and Learn Nothing. Here's How to Fix That.
Most people end a quarter and immediately move on to the next one.No review. No interrogation. No honest look at what actually happened.That is exactly why they keep g...
Doing More Is Killing Your Performance With Chris Jillard
Most professionals are training harder, working longer, and wondering why they feel worse. This episode is the honest answer.I sat down with Chris Jillard, coach of ne...
Understanding Burn Out & Built For Pressure Update
The Accelerator Is Not Your ProblemMost high performers I work with are not struggling because they lack drive.They are struggling because they are running a system th...
Missiles Over Dubai: A Real Time Test of Mental Toughness
Our next intake starts next week heres how it works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8LN8QYrZ00 In this episode, I break down what real mental toughness looks like wh...
What if the process that built you is now the very thing holding you back?
If you want to learn more about how to work with me heres the doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m5OZIWgqBzFowqoYTLpJD9fBwVyFDeB7nIVPrQGoeg0/edit?tab=t.0In this ...