As a kid, Steve Magness used to run until he puked. “That was my thing,” he says. This model of toughness—pushing through pain—worked well for him. So well, in fact, that he clocked a blazing 4:01 ...

Steve Magness is a mental performance coach and author of "Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness," "Peak Performance," "The Passion Paradox," "The ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Kelly welcomes back performance expert Steve ...

Steve Magness never imagined he’d be a writer –let alone be caught in the eye of one of most controversial competitive athletic storms entangled with running brand behemoth Nike, in what could be the ...

Journalist Stulberg and long-distance running coach Magness (Peak Performance) team up again for a valuable volume about finding and embracing passion, avoiding burnout, and carefully navigating an ...

Performance coach Magness (The Passion Paradox) delivers a sensible guide to sticking with one’s goals. Citing research in neuroscience and psychology, the author outlines how readers can overcome ...

In “Do Hard Things,” Steve Magness hopes to redefine and expand what toughness and resilience mean – and how these ideas transfer to everyday life – and offers four pillars to achieve them. Soon, high ...

Steve Magness is a performance coach and sports scientist. He is the author of Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness.