The Antifragile Academy

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Curious about what factors contribute to being a leader who grows from adversity? We have filtered the top scientific resources on human performance and growth and stress tested it against thousands of coaching hours in the field to produce these primary subcomponents of antifragile leadership. Download this checklist for a self-assessment and read about our upcoming cohort!

What makes you antifragile?

Rates of anxiety, overwhelm and burnout are at an all-time high in today’s high pressure environments at super speeds. The answer is not to mitigate stress or make time to relax more. Antifragile people learn how to harness stress to grow from adversity. 🧬 Straight Forward ScienceUninformed and unscientific life coaches and influencers are spreading too many 10-step hacks to make a real difference. This is rigorous, to-the-point coaching with two highly trained, vastly experienced performance experts that can help you fortify for the tough times and integrate all aspects of your self to thrive more consistently. 🎮 Gamified IntensityToo many programs inundate with pie-in-the-sky theory or granular aspects of your wellbeing, performance, or health. This is an applied principles gamified experience, designed as a safe pressure cooker so that you can train your brain, body and reactions in new ways over time. It's designed to activate the dopamine system with built-in unpredictability, levels, time constraints, consequences and rewards on a meaningful goal. 🫵 100% of YouNothing in the world of peak performance or wellbeing is isolated to mental OR physical, internal OR external. The data is also clear on one-size-fits-all approaches lacking traction. We look at you holistically with a ‘bio-psycho-social’ approach that is deeply personalized. Built upon science-based protocols for the many while catering to your unique physiology, psychology, relationships and goals in life. ∞ Coaching as a RelationshipOnline coaching can easily turn into a dabbling experience for hobbyists and passive learners. Real change happens with a commitment to mastery and the partnerships created to solidify that learning. This course is designed to build real relationships through a peer-witnessed experience and personalized 1:1 coaching 12 weeks beyond the cohort dates to support your momentum. ~~Be In Exceptional CompanyOur previous clients have hailed from top performers at Meta, Google, NBA, Washington Nationals, NCAA and professional athletes across 16 sports, Andrea Partners, Blue Courage, and Olympians.

Grow and thrive from adversity.

Course syllabus

Monthly 90-minute live group sessions where we focus on orientation, frameworks, principles, rules, accountability and score keeping.

Tuesdays @ 10:30-12:00 ET

Up to 8 sessions @ 45 mins (recommended) weekly or biweekly. You have the option of scheduling any left over sessions after the cohort to help you continue to sustain your desired behavior changes.

Personalized 1:1 Coaching

Optional Group Q &amp; A sessions with the Director of Mental Performance for a big league ball club! These optional sessions will be an application of principles, additional tips and resources as well community shares.

Office Hours

Game schedule

Conscientious leaders looking to level-up their capacity to serve without incurring the downsides of stress and overwhelm.

Ambitious founders who need to mitigate burnout while driving their teams and scaling their ventures.

Disciplined investors who need to mitigate the emotional rollercoaster of volatility and high-stakes decision making.

Who this is for

What you’ll get out of this course

<ul><li>Distinguish between different behavioral change models and what makes habit stick.</li><li>Grasp key principles to thrive in unpredictable conditions by embracing discomfort.</li></ul>

Learn why antifragile principles move beyond resilience as a model.

<ul><li>Learn why creating an intensity container guarantees growth if you play the game.</li><li>Apply key mechanisms to help you embrace discomfort as an opportunity to grow.</li></ul>

Discover science-backed behaviors and strategies to lead through adversity.

<ul><li>Top-Down: Practice ‘thinking about your thinking’ with metacognition.</li><li>Bottom-Up: Leverage bodily awareness and emotional intelligence.</li><li>Outside-In: Build a social and physical environment for antifragility.</li></ul>

Practice protocols to shift into a desired specific state in real-time.

<ul><li>Gain insight into your personality and disposition as predictors of your patterns.</li></ul> <ul><li>Map the connection between values, goals and motivation for positive outcomes.</li><li>Harness visualization as a powerful tool for immediate drive.</li></ul>

Leverage different motivations to inform your strategies.

<ul><li>Balance the desire for maximal performance with interventions that mitigate burnout.</li><li>Design intentional “stress + rest = growth” tactics to support recovery over time.&nbsp;</li><li>Notice progressive gains as you develop flexible strategies to overcome obstacles.</li></ul>

Cultivate consistent states of optimal performance.

<ul><li>Develop a systems approach to time-boxing, tasking and skill acquisition.</li><li>Concretize a set of deliberate practices for a deep work cadence on your top priorities.</li><li>Simplify goals with intentional ‘pre-commitments’ that remove procrastination.</li></ul>

Create systems for intentional 'life editing'.

<ul><li>Track only meaningful metrics to fuel motivation and progress over time.</li><li>Enroll a serious "accountability partner" in your life to play the game with you.</li></ul>

Measure what matters with those who matter.

Play this game to thrive in adversity as a high pressure performer. 
Fortify your mind. Evolve your performance. Be antifragile.

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