Learn how to use the bad for good.

Achieve consistent optimal well-being and performance.

Become antifragile.

The Antifragile Academy is an evidence-based education, training, and coaching system that promotes optimal performance and thriving.

“The resilient resists shocks and stays the same; the antifragile gets better.”

—Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder

What does it mean to be antifragile?

Antifragile people grow from adversity. They possess mental and physical tools that help them thrive in high-pressure environments, feel better, and perform optimally.

Athletes receiving antifragility training showed improvement in measures of resilience, well-being, and performance.

  • +6.9%

    Coping with Adversity

  • +9.9%

    Goal Setting and Mental Preparation

  • +12.6%

    Freedom from Worry

  • +3.9%

    Peaking Under Pressure

  • -8.3%

    Negative Emotion

Even a 1% change in these metrics can mean the difference between a winning season and mediocracy.

The Antifragile Academy Framework

Our program will help you grow from difficulty, tackle meaningful challenges, learn to leverage stress and evolve into an antifragile performer, team, or organization.

We work with two types of performers…

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Developed by experts and backed by science

Founders Dr. Adam Wright and Dr. Nick Holton created The Antifragile Academy to support high-performing individuals in developing antifragility.

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    Adam Wright, M.Ed., Ph.D.

    Co-Founder,
    Director of Mental Performance for the Washington Nationals

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    Nick Holton, MAED, Ph.D.

    Co-Founder,
    Well-being and performance coach for professional and collegiate athletes, Fortune 100 executives and first responders

Who We’ve Worked With

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