Run Toward Discomfort: Nicholas Thompson’s Rule for Greatness
From Ryan Hawk
00:00 – Run Toward Discomfort: The Rule That Drives Nicholas Thompson 02:35 – Lessons from a Brilliant but Insecure Father 06:58 – Nature, Nurture, and the Truth About Talent 10:40 – How Marathon Training Shapes Leadership 13:25 – The Race That Changed Everything 17:45 – Beating Cancer, Rebuilding Speed, and Redefining Strength 21:10 – Stretch Goals and The Art of Doing the Impossible 26:05 – When to Push Hard — and When to Reset 31:20 – From Journalist to CEO: Reinventing The Atlantic 39:42 ...
Mentioned in This Episode
- Nick Thompson (person)
- The Running Ground (book)
- New York Marathon (concept)
- Stretch goals / audacious goals (concept)
- The Warrior Athlete (book)
- Scott Thompson (person)
- Loren Powell Jobs (person)
- Philips Academy (company)
- Strava (company)
- New York City Marathon (location)
- Slow-twitch vs fast-twitch muscle composition (concept)
- Meditation in competition / flow state (concept)
- movie test (concept)
- Spirit of generosity, force of ideas, sense of belonging (concept)
- productively paranoid (concept)
- The Running Ground: A Father, a Son, and the Simplest of Sports (book)
- Bob Bennett (person)
- Moses Brown School (company)
- The Learning Leader Show (company)
- Morgan Howell (person)