
How to Become a Master of Failure (#18 - Sam Elsner)
Sam is a former Division III national champion discus thrower turned sports performance coach, now a creator and writer. Sam breaks down the difference between resilience and anti-fragility, shares how perception directly shapes luck using a real research-backed formula, and reflects on why his Olympic training failed (and what the environment had to do with it.) CONNECT WITH SAM: Website: https://www.thesamelsner.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sam.elsner/ Substack: https://samelsner.substack.com CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:03:12) - Sam's background: throwing, coaching, and corporate life (00:10:45) - Anti-fragility vs. resilience: hydra vs. phoenix (00:16:20) - Is anti-fragility a skill you can train? (00:20:05) - Perception as the lens that shapes reality (00:28:40) - Why Sam's Olympic dream fell apart (00:35:15) - Early specialization and the case for multiple sports (00:44:30) - The luck formula: doing times telling times perception (00:54:10) - Sitting with hard emotions instead of suppressing them (01:02:45) - Everything is a skill











