Brad Stulberg
Bestselling author, writer, speaker, and coach
Angela Duckworth, Ph.D.
Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor at the University of Pennsylvania
The Way of Excellence: A Guide to True Greatness and Deep Satisfaction in a Chaotic World
NOTE NEW START TIME: 7:00 PM CT
Bonus Book Giveaway: FAN is giving away copies of The Way of Excellence to randomly selected Zoom attendees. Details on the webinar registration page.
In The Way of Excellence: A Guide to True Greatness and Deep Satisfaction in a Chaotic World, bestselling author and performance coach Brad Stulberg offers a practical guide to realizing our potential amid the chaos of modern life by reconnecting to ourselves through the pursuit of excellence. Combining modern science, timeless wisdom, and actionable strategies, Stulberg redefines excellence—not as a finish line to cross, but as an ongoing process of growth and becoming that allows us to reach our fullest potential while staying deeply connected to our values and what truly matters.
Inspired by research from diverse fields and grounded in real-world application, Stulberg frames excellence as the integration of mastery and mattering, providing a clear, sustainable path for pursuing meaningful goals with focus and intention. Unlike “hacks” and the hustle culture of “pseudo-excellence,” this book champions meaningful challenges that align with our values and goals and foster deep satisfaction, fulfillment, and contribution.
Stulberg explores critical principles such as defining and living in alignment with your values, cultivating focus, prioritizing consistency over intensity, building genuine confidence, and creating environments that foster our best performances. He shows how striving for genuine excellence can reconnect us to ourselves, our work, and each other, creating lives rich in meaning and purpose.
Stulberg is the bestselling author of The Practice of Groundedness and Master of Change, and coauthor of Peak Performance. He regularly contributes to The New York Times, and his work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal and The Atlantic, among other outlets. He is co-host of the podcast excellence, actually and is on faculty at the University of Michigan.
Stulberg will be in conversation with Angela Duckworth, Ph.D. (FAN ’12, ’16), the Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, faculty co-director of the Penn-Wharton Behavior Change for Good Initiative, and founding faculty co-director of Wharton People Analytics. She is also co-host of the podcast No Stupid Questions.
This event is suitable for youth ages 12 and up. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel.
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