Live Táloha Podcast

I recently joined host Shawn Christian on Live Táloha for a conversation about why grit alone fails high performers over the long haul — and what it actually takes to keep going in high-stakes work without burning out.

Grit will carry you through the hard moments, but grit alone has a cost: it runs on willpower, and willpower runs out. Gritsilience™ is the framework that goes beyond grit. It adds three things grit is missing: Awareness, Recovery, and Connection.

Awareness is noticing your own state — your stress signals, your limits, your blind spots — before they run you. Recovery is building real restoration into the rhythm of the work, not waiting for a crash to force it. Connection is the people around you — peers, mentors, and honest conversations that keep high performers from carrying everything alone.

Watch the full conversation here: