Built for Pressure with Zoran Stojković | A Podcast for Tech CEOs, Leaders and Atheltes

Citing Charlie Munger and the Commoncog framework, Zoran explains how to treat mental models as high-strength heuristics. This episode discusses building a "Latticework" of cognitive tools to filter noise and make high-probability decisions under extreme pressure. 

 🎙️ Built for Pressure is a short-form podcast for high performers, leaders, and decision-makers who thrive under pressure. Hosted and produced by Zoran Stojković.

🔗 Learn more: www.kizo.ca
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Zoran discusses Daniel Chambliss’s "The Mundanity of Excellence," revealing that greatness is not a product of talent, but a collection of small, mundane habits performed with precision. Learn how to shift your focus from "quantitative" effort to "qualitative" mastery to build elite-level performance.

 🎙️ Built for Pressure is a short-form podcast for high performers, leaders, and decision-makers who thrive under pressure. Hosted and produced by Zoran Stojković.

🔗 Learn more: www.kizo.ca
📩 Contact: [email protected]
📱 Follow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoranstojkovic/
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Zoran explores Charlie Munger’s Poor Charlie’s Almanack to redefine the concept of grit. By understanding the "Deprival-Superreaction Tendency" and the "Opportunity Cost Filter," this episode teaches you how to identify dead-ends and when to stop digging to save your most valuable resources.

 🎙️ Built for Pressure is a short-form podcast for high performers, leaders, and decision-makers who thrive under pressure. Hosted and produced by Zoran Stojković.

🔗 Learn more: www.kizo.ca
📩 Contact: [email protected]
📱 Follow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoranstojkovic/
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Zoran explores the African philosophy of Ubuntu—"I am because we are." Discover how investing in deep relationships strengthens your personal foundation and creates the collective culture necessary for high-performing teams to thrive under pressure.

 🎙️ Built for Pressure is a short-form podcast for high performers, leaders, and decision-makers who thrive under pressure. Hosted and produced by Zoran Stojković.

🔗 Learn more: www.kizo.ca
📩 Contact: [email protected]
📱 Follow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoranstojkovic/
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Inspired by Roger Federer's "boiling blood," Zoran discusses how to channel internal intensity without being consumed by it. This episode provides two practical tips to convert "anxiety" into "readiness" fuel and explains why the goal of high performance is a controlled burn, not an extinguished flame.

 🎙️ Built for Pressure is a short-form podcast for high performers, leaders, and decision-makers who thrive under pressure. Hosted and produced by Zoran Stojković.

🔗 Learn more: www.kizo.ca
📩 Contact: [email protected]
📱 Follow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoranstojkovic/
🎧 Subscribe for more episodes on your favorite podcast platform. 

Using a story about his fisherman brother-in-law, Zoran explores the phrase "Thoughts can get tangled like a fisherman’s net.” Learn why you can't pull your way out of a mental tangle and how high-performing individuals use patience and discipline to untangle their thoughts piece by piece.

 🎙️ Built for Pressure is a short-form podcast for high performers, leaders, and decision-makers who thrive under pressure. Hosted and produced by Zoran Stojković.

🔗 Learn more: www.kizo.ca
📩 Contact: [email protected]
📱 Follow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoranstojkovic/
🎧 Subscribe for more episodes on your favorite podcast platform. 

Learn the "People Watching" technique used by MMA legend Georges St-Pierre to manage pre-fight stress. Zoran explains how shifting your perspective to realize the world's indifference to your specific struggle can act as a pressure-relief valve and free you from the weight of public expectation. 

 🎙️ Built for Pressure is a short-form podcast for high performers, leaders, and decision-makers who thrive under pressure. Hosted and produced by Zoran Stojković.

🔗 Learn more: www.kizo.ca
📩 Contact: [email protected]
📱 Follow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoranstojkovic/
🎧 Subscribe for more episodes on your favorite podcast platform. 

Zoran breaks down why back-to-back meetings are destroying your performance. Using data from Microsoft’s 2021 Human Factors Lab study, this episode explains why a 10-minute break is a non-negotiable requirement for high-level decision-making and how recovery is a fundamental part of the performance system.

 🎙️ Built for Pressure is a short-form podcast for high performers, leaders, and decision-makers who thrive under pressure. Hosted and produced by Zoran Stojković.

🔗 Learn more: www.kizo.ca
📩 Contact: [email protected]
📱 Follow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoranstojkovic/
🎧 Subscribe for more episodes on your favorite podcast platform. 

Zoran shares the story of a professional tennis player to illustrate the invisible hours required for elite success. Revisiting the core concept of "Deliberate Practice," this episode highlights the importance of doing things with purpose and embracing the long-term consistency required to turn a skill into a master-level weapon.

 🎙️ Built for Pressure is a short-form podcast for high performers, leaders, and decision-makers who thrive under pressure. Hosted and produced by Zoran Stojković.

🔗 Learn more: www.kizo.ca
📩 Contact: [email protected]
📱 Follow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoranstojkovic/
🎧 Subscribe for more episodes on your favorite podcast platform. 

Using a powerful analogy from Morgan Freeman about "knee-deep snow," Zoran explains the concept of Grounded Acceptance. This episode reveals why fighting uncontrollable circumstances is a waste of energy and how accepting your current reality is the only way to find a clear, strategic path forward.

 🎙️ Built for Pressure is a short-form podcast for high performers, leaders, and decision-makers who thrive under pressure. Hosted and produced by Zoran Stojković.

🔗 Learn more: www.kizo.ca
📩 Contact: [email protected]
📱 Follow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoranstojkovic/
🎧 Subscribe for more episodes on your favorite podcast platform.