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EPISODE · Feb 3, 2026 · 13 MIN

10 Performance Lessons I Wish I Knew at 20

from The Built For Pressure Podcast · host Will Foden

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.0If you are running a business, leading a team, or carrying serious responsibility, this question matters more than you think.How often do you actually review your past performance rather than just pushing forward on fear and just doing more for more sake?In this video, I break down 10 performance lessons I wish I had understood in my early twenties. Lessons that would have saved me years of frustration, reactive decision making, and wasted energy across my mind, body, and business.This is a no BS insight into what not to do. They are principles forged through professional sport, building businesses, leading under pressure, and learning the hard way what actually sustains high performance over time.Inside this episode we cover:• Why emotional control is not about suppression but signal interpretation.• How unmanaged internal noise sabotages decision making for high achievers.• The truth about fuelling ambition and why most driven professionals are under fuelled.• Why strength is the foundation, but intent determines performance.• Why happiness is not a destination but a direction• The mistake of expecting others to understand your standards• Why elite leaders listen more than they speak• How compulsion leaks energy and destroys focus• Why you do not have a time management problem, you have an energy problem• How adopting an athlete mindset across life changes everythingThis conversation is for CEOs, founders, executives, former athletes, and driven professionals who refuse to coast, but also refuse to burn themselves into the ground.If you feel like you are operating at capacity but still leaving performance on the table, this will land.If something in this video resonated, leave a comment or share it with someone who needs to hear it.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.0🔗 Connect with me:Linkedin: @willfodenInstagram: @willfodenWebsite www.builtforpressure.net#LeadershipPerformance #Highperformance #ExecutiveMindset #PeakPerformance #BusinessLeadership #EnergyManagement #ResilientLeadership #OptimizeYourself#mentalclarity #peakperformance #PersonalStandards#SuccessUnderPressure #EntrepreneurLife #ElitePerformance #ProductivityHacks #CEOHealth #sustainablesuccess  #leadershipdevelopment  #worklifebalance  #trainsmart #masteryourenergy

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