{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Teamwork - A Better Way","title":"When High Performers Break: The Science of Staying Steady","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/03310159\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3623,"description":"Why do highly capable people become inconsistent under pressure — even when they are talented, experienced, and motivated?Ricardo J. Vargas has spent three decades and peer-reviewed research answering that question. In this conversation, he unpacks the relationship between happiness, flow, and adaptive performance — and why the strategies leaders rely on in stable conditions often collapse when things get hard. If you lead people through uncertainty, change, or high-stakes decisions, this episode reframes what it actually takes to perform when conditions stop cooperating. This is not a conversation about motivation. It is a conversation about the human capacity to perform when conditions deteriorate.TranscriptWebsiteRicardo J. VargasSpencer HornChristian Napier","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/BgNlUWyPZO-3ySEjP356Fc4PdaT1PaeewW-xIrglthI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzE0OTgyLzE2NDA3/OTg0MzMtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}