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High performance, unpacked.
Every week, Sachin Jha decodes what elite performance actually looks like - in sport, in business, and in day-to-day life. Free, sharp, and worth the five minutes. Every Tuesday.
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The connection you didn't see coming
Sport and business speak the same language - most people just don't know how to translate. Every issue finds the thread between a race strategy, a boardroom decision, or an athlete's mindset and applies it somewhere you'd never expect.
Frameworks that actually hold up
Not productivity hacks. The mental models, habits, and principles that the best performers in the world actually use - drawn from conversations with athletes, coaches, CEOs, and people who've had to perform when it mattered most.
Sachin's honest take
What he's noticing, questioning, and sitting with that week. No polish, no agenda. Just the unfiltered thinking of someone who has competed at international level, built inside corporations, and is now building something of his own.
The latest from Decoding Wisdom
Every issue connects directly to the Decoding Wisdom Podcast - not as a plug, but as living proof of the idea.
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Issue #23 · May 16
What Remains When the Applause Fades
There is a moment, about a minute before the green flag at Indianapolis, where the noise drops out completely. Marcus described it as the loudest silence he has ever heard. This week's issue is about engineering that silence on purpose.
Three things in this issue: (1) Ericsson's pre-race protocol, broken down step-by-step; (2) why the highest performers all describe the same dissociation under pressure; (3) one essay recommendation for the weekend.
Past Issues
Every back-issue, free to read.
Issue #23 · May 16
What Remains When the Applause Fades
Three frameworks from this week's Marcus Ericsson conversation - including the most useful pre-race breathing protocol Sachin has ever heard.
Issue #22 · May 9
The Quiet Line
Deliberate deoptimisation, the underrated career strategy nobody is selling courses about.
Issue #21 · May 2
The Second Injury
Why the second time something breaks, you learn the most. Notes from this week's Zac Stimpson interview.
Issue #20 · Apr 25
The Rented Audience Problem
Why every creator should treat their platform reach as rented - and what owning the relationship actually means.