What happens when a team of 20-something former Division I athletes gets outscored by "a bunch of old guys" in a men's league lacrosse game? Dr. Stephen Ginsberg shares that humbling story — and traces its lessons all the way to Rory McIlroy's scrappy 65 at Augusta, where Rory himself shrugged and said, "I guess I'm a wily old vet now."

That phrase unlocks this episode's central question: What do elite performers actually start doing differently as they age — and what do they finally stop doing?

In this episode, Dr. Ginsberg breaks down the four shifts that separate veterans from everyone else:

• Restraint — Learning when to sprint and when to walk; when to pull the trigger and when to play it safe. Wily vets stop wasting energy proving they belong.
• Trust — G ...