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March 11, 2019 58 mins

Dr. Michael Gervais (@MichaelGervais) is a High Performance Psychologist with more than 20 years of experience working in the trenches with some of the best in the world, training the mindset skills and practices essential to pursuing and revealing one’s potential. His work has been featured by NBC, ABC, FOX, CNN, ESPN, NFL Network, Red Bull TV, The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, WIRED and others.

He’s the Performance Psychologist for the Seattle Seahawks and he co-founded Compete To Create, a high performance mindset training platform that works with Fortune 500 companies including Microsoft, AT&T and Amazon. He’s also the host of the popular podcast Finding Mastery that publicly explores the minds of the very best.

In this episode we cover

  • How do you define mastery? [1:47]
  • How do you prepare for mastery? Mindfulness and Wisdom. [05:37]
  • How to handle an internal civil war? [13:45]
  • How to prepare for success. [19:03]
  • Purpose, preparation and teamwork. [23:06]
  • Staying true and authentic to yourself. [30:40]
  • Can you teach confidence? [34:42]
  • Shifting perspective… [38:12]
  • Learning to love what you’ve been taught to fear. [41:19]
  • What three words best describe Michael Gervais? [47:39]
  • The Green Room with Amy [52:37]
  • Selected Links From The Episode

  • Video: Red Bull Stratos
  • People Mentioned

  • Simon Whitfield
  • Coach Pete Carroll
  • Felix Baumgartner
  • Where to find Dr. Michael Gervais

  • Twitter: @MichaelGervais
  • Instragram: @findingmastery
  • LinkedIn: Michael Gervais
  • Finding Mastery Podcast: https://findingmastery.net/
  • Compete To Create:https://competetocreate.net/
  • Other Links

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