Pressure rarely arrives when life is orderly. When it hits, the quality of your preparation matters more than how confident or motivated you feel.

Dougal Allan is a two-time Coast to Coast champion, endurance coach and America’s Cup winner. Across more than 20 years of elite competition, he learned how to remain present through pain, recover from failure and perform when the stakes were at their highest.

In this conversation, Dougal explains why the process matters more than the finish line, what a failed Team New Zealand power test taught him about comparison, and how trust and role clarity operate inside a world-class team.

He also shares how years of preparation allowed him to perform during the America’s Cup while facing significant upheaval in his personal life.

This episode explores how to build preparation that survives pressure, uncertainty and self-doubt, so you can continue delivering when others depend on you.

ABOUT DOUGAL ALLAN

Website: https://dougalallan.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dougal_allan/

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