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Built for Pressure with Zoran Stojković | A Podcast for Leaders — 133 episodes
How to Downregulate Before High-Stakes Meetings (The Activation Zone)
The Secret Service Triage Matrix: Filtering Operational Noise | Ep #131
The Physiological Slump: Why Mindset Platitudes Fail | Ep #130
The Inner Circle Filter: Safeguarding High-Performance Focus | Ep #129
The Broken Equipment Protocol: Navigating Situational Chaos | Ep #128
The Benched Leader’s Protocol for Informal Influence | Ep #127
The Cost of Active Silence: How to Sync Communication Under Fire | Ep #126
The Expected Winner's Trap: How Praise Becomes a Performance Black Hole | Ep #125
The NASA Go/No-Go Metric for Boardroom Decisions | Ep #124
The ER Surgeon’s Filter for High-Consequence Triage | Ep #123
The F1 Pit Crew Protocol for Team Synchronization | Ep #122
The Special Ops Reset for Amygdala Hijack | Ep #121
The Secret Filter for Rapid Decision Making | Ep #120
The Gold Medalist’s Secret to Boring Consistency | Ep #119
The Munger Rule for Strategic Quitting | Ep #118
The Ubuntu Principle | Ep #117
Control the Flame | Ep #116
The Fisherman’s Net | Ep #115
The GSP Perspective | Ep #114
The Performance Tax | Ep #113
The Long Grind | Ep #112
The Acceptance Shift | Ep #111
The Architecture of Identity | Ep #110
Release the Arrow | Ep #109
The OODA Loop | Decision Under Fire | Ep #108
Tuning the Signal | Ep #107
The Law of the Lever | Ep #106
The Pin Factory Principle | Ep #105
The Lion’s Leap: Beyond Dogma | Ep #104
The Singular Quest | Kobe’s Intention | Ep #103
The Darwinian 1.0 Gap | Ep #102
Friday Reset: The Essential Breath | Ep #101
The Ultimate Principle of Simplicity | Ep #100
The Illusion of the Perfect Plan | Ep #99
Friday Reset: Minimalist Recovery | Ep #98
Human-Centered Pressure: The IDEO U Framework | Ep #97
The Architecture of Resilience: Lessons from Bauhaus | Ep #96
Friday Reset: Submerging the Triangle | Ep #95
Water of Systems Change (Part 2): The Deep Current | Ep #94
Water of Systems Change (Part 1): The Visible Surface | Ep #93
Friday Reset: Root Binding | Ep #92
Sacred Trust: The Morita Model of Efficiency | Ep #91
The Myth of Weakness: Akio Morita on Adaptability | Ep #90
Friday Reset: Calming the Ancient Engine | Ep #89
Ancient Hardware: Why Human Performance Hasn't Changed in Millennia | Ep #88
The Prodigy Trap: Why World-Class Performance Isn't Linear | Ep #87
Friday Reset: Mission Clarity for the Year Ahead | Ep #86
Armor the Engine: Why Mimicking Success is a Strategic Trap | Ep #85
You Fall to Your Standards: Resetting the Baseline for 2026 | Ep #84
Built for Pressure: How to Perform When it Matters Most | Trailer
The 2025 Masterclass: 6 Principles for High Performance in 2026 | Ep #83
Autonomy, Mastery, Purpose: The Mechanics of Sustained Drive | Ep #82
Character vs. Reputation: Why Fusing Identity to Results is Dangerous | Ep #81
Friday Reset: A Guided Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) Session | Ep #80
17 National Championships: Leadership Lessons from Dick Gould | Ep #79
Daring Greatly: Theodore Roosevelt on the Price of High Achievement | Ep #78
You Train Animals, You Teach Humans: Sol Price’s Leadership Maxim | Ep #77
The Friction That Polishes: St. Augustine on the Nobility of Pressure | Ep #76
Friday Reset: Cultivating Optimism Through Soft Breathing | Ep #75
The Gratitude Audit: Neurological Resilience for Competitive Environments | Ep #74
Catching Yourself Being Good: The Science of the Progress Principle | Ep #73
Friday Reset: A 2-Minute Tactical Downshift for High-Stakes Professionals | Ep #72
Reading the Room: 5 Real-Time Signals of Hidden Team Hierarchies | Ep #71
Power Dynamics: The Unspoken Rules of Influence in High-Performing Teams | Ep #70
Environmental Influence: Why Your Inner Circle Shapes Your Ceiling | Ep #69
Friday Reset: Mastering the Parasympathetic Switch | Ep #68
Aviate, Navigate, Communicate: The Pilot’s Guide to Escaping Pressure | Ep #67
The Pressure Factory: How High-Stakes Environments Hijack Your Focus | Ep #66
Manufacturing Confidence: Rafael Nadal’s 87 Fist-Pumps | Ep #65
Newton’s First Law of Performance: Overcoming Inertia and Hesitation | Ep #64
Friday Reset: A Guided Nervous System Decompression | Ep #63
T.E.A. Management: Guarding Your Time, Energy, and Attention | Ep #62
System 1 vs. System 2: Regaining Control When Stress Hijacks Your Brain | Ep #61
Conviction Over Certainty: The Steve Jobs Guide to Execution | Ep #60
Fragile Ideas: Jony Ive and the Vulnerability of Innovation | Ep #59
Google’s Project Aristotle: The 5 Secrets of Championship Teams | Ep #58
The 2002 Olympic Study: Defining the Edge of Mental Toughness | Ep #57
CO₂ Tolerance: The Biological Governor of Your Performance | Ep #56
The Physics of Stress: P = F / A and the Science of Distribution | Ep #55
Breaking the Silo: Buckminster Fuller’s Guide to Systems Thinking | Ep #54
600 KM/H Trust: Lessons from the Canadian Snowbirds | Ep #53
Results Reflect Effort, Not Identity: Professional vs. Personal Mindsets | Ep #52
Captain Clutch: Marie-Philip Poulin on Showing Up for the Right Reason | Ep #51
Trust Your Feet: Using Embodied Intelligence for Rapid Decisions | Ep #50
Innovation is Saying No: Steve Jobs’ Strategy for Focus | Ep #49
The Bear Philosophy: Why Every Second Counts in High-Stakes Environments | Ep #48
The Space Between the Words: Why Your State Matters More Than Your Speech | Ep #47
Anticipation Over Reaction: The Gretzky Mindset for Leaders | Ep #46
The Map is Not the Terrain: Navigating Reality vs. Perception | Ep #45
Functional Mechanics: Training Your Diaphragm for Calm | Ep #44
Energy is Your Currency: How to Manage Your Internal Power Grid | Ep #43
Stop Micromanaging Your Talent: Leading with Instinct | Ep #42
Range: Why Generalists Outperform Specialists Under Pressure | Ep #41
The Fighter Pilot’s Secret: After Action Reviews (AAR) | Ep #40
The 1,440-Minute Test: Why Your 15-Minute Practice Isn’t Enough | Ep #39
Silent Confidence: Why Real Performance Moves in Silence | Ep #38
Be Where Your Feet Are: The Boxer’s Maxim for Mindfulness | Ep #37
Steve Jobs and the Aspen Speech: Why the Process is the Prize | Ep #36
Finding Your Speed Limit: How to Map Your Activation Zones | Ep #35
Sleep is Active Prep: Moving Beyond the 8-Hour Myth | Ep #34
Why Self-Worth and Self-Confidence are Separate Muscles | Ep #33
Flow Follows Focus: The 4-Stage Science of Peak Performance | Ep #32
3 Breathing Assessments to Measure Your Tolerance for Stress | Ep #31
Your Personal Launch Sequence: The Pre-Performance Routine | Ep #30
Why Harsh Self-Judgment is a Cognitive Load Drain | Ep #29
No Plan Survives Contact: The Formula 1 Guide to Adaptability | Ep #28
Chris Hadfield’s Rule: Own the Next 10 Seconds | Ep #27
Why 91% of Athletes Breathe Wrong (And How to Fix It) | Ep #26
Thriving in a VUCA World: Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity | Ep #25
Why Your Brain Needs a GPS Mode for Setbacks | Ep #24
If You Chase Two Rabbits, You Catch Neither | Ep #23
Kill the Clone: The Daily Battle for Self-Improvement | Ep #22
The Performance Equation: Performance = Potential – Distraction | Ep #21
W.I.N. — The Strategy to Tune Out the Noise | Ep #20
The Impact Formula: Vision + Action = Results | Ep #19
Avoiding the "SA Dump": Protecting Your Situational Awareness | Ep #18
Dropping the Dead Weight: How to Release Mental Attachments | Ep #17
Stress-Loading Your Mind: Visualization with 5 Senses | Ep #16
Next Play Speed: The Art of the Immediate Recovery | Ep #15
The Pilot’s Edge: Using Checklists to Automate Excellence | Ep #14
Stop Throwing Stones at Every Barking Dog | Ep #13
Are You Playing the Wrong Game? Finite vs. Infinite | Ep #12
The 3 A’s Framework for Mental Clarity | Ep #11
How You Act When the Pressure’s On | Ep #10
The Volume Knob for Your Nervous System: Finding Your Activation Zone | Ep #9
The Performance Slump: How to Rediscover Your Internal Compass | Ep #8
Beyond Team Building: How to Create Authentic Connection | Ep #7
Auditing the Inner Critic: How Your Narrative Shapes Performance | Ep #6
Rest is a Skill: The SENSE Framework for Intelligent Recovery | Ep #5
Charlie Munger’s 4 Ways to Guarantee Failure (And How to Avoid Them) | Ep #4
Reps with Purpose: The Military Approach to Deliberate Practice | Ep #3
The Military Aviation Secret to a Clear Mind: Managing "The Bucket" | Ep #2
The CIA’s Secret to Human Motivation: The RICE Model | Ep #1