September 26, 2019 • 7 mins
Manage the Moment Podcast: Conversations in Performance Psychology --- What's the Podcast all about?
When all eyes are on you, how do you manage that performance moment? What is it like to be at the top of your game as a performer in sports, the arts, business, or high-stakes profession? Learn how elite performers optimize what they bring to the mental side of what they do and immerse yourself in conversations with people who have made it their life's work to excel. Your host, Dr. Shepp, is a celebrated Los Angeles Sport and Performance Psychologist, as well as an award-winning author, who works with athletes and performers of the highest ability. Life is a collection of moments, it's how you manage those moments that makes the difference.
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Episode Transcript
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Dr. Shepp (00:09):
Thanks for tuning in to manage the moment
conversations in performancepsychology.
I'm Dr.
Sari Shepphird.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Practicing for consistency over perfection is
going to be so much better forlongevity and staying safe and
healthy.
Keep pushing forward is kind ofthe rhythm you got to keep in
whatever you do because if youlook for anything else, it's
just gonna fizzle out.
It's going to be a flash in thepan.
Dr. Shepp (00:37):
What does it feel like to be at the top of your
game as a performer and what canwe learn from those who are,
when all eyes are on you, how doyou manage that moment?
Speaker 2 (00:46):
I want to connect with the audience and and make
this two hours of coverage onthis basketball game I'm doing
or whatever it is, as enjoyableas possible, and you do that by
making them want to spend thetime with you and that's kind of
the last thought I have before Igo on the air, is make that
(01:08):
person out there enjoy the nexttwo hours.
However I can do that.
Dr. Shepp (01:14):
What does it feel like to have been a performer
who has broken barriers?
Speaker 4 (01:18):
Oftentimes people who are, who don't have, you know,
white male privilege can feelvery, uh, fraudulent when in
positions of power, like beingat speaking at a podium.
And in the early years I had alot of that, you know, that
somebody was going to come up onstage and say, you know, she
doesn't know where she's talkingabout, get her off the stage and
is that kind of thing that itwas, um, it's, I think it's just
(01:41):
becomes something that is aproblem for a lot of a lot of
women and people of color andpeople who don't, as I say,
don't have, I mean with whitemale privilege comes the
assumption that if you'respeaking at a podium that you
are the authority and that, youknow, you do have a right to be
there.
So it's feeling like you have aright to be there.
That I think is really, uh, is aproblem often for people.
(02:03):
And that's something that, um,needs really needs to change
Dr. Shepp (02:07):
On this, the manage the moment podcast.
We will be having conversationswith performers who come from
wildly different performanceareas, from athletes
representing a wide range ofsports to television
personalities, to performingartists and actors, from
songwriters to playwrights toauthors along with people who
are in the public eye.
(02:28):
So much so that it leaves everyday feeling like a performance.
Some of our guests come from along history of experience in
the performance world and othersare fresh to the scene.
Our conversations give us thechance to connect and so
sometimes we really dive deepand get personal.
Speaker 4 (02:45):
I used to say that without alcohol I'd put a gun to
my head and I had a moment ofrealizing that alcohol was the
gun
Speaker 5 (02:54):
every time that I was about to uh, lose my spot on
team.
What are, it's because ofcommitment or performance or
whatnot.
Cause it happens a couple oftimes in my career.
These are always life.
Like make it a break.
It kind of situations where youeither quit or you come back
stronger.
(03:14):
Um, and I think that's whatmakes a great champion.
Right?
Um, and I, every time I cameback stronger, but right now I'm
in this, I'm designing at themoment if I'm coming back
stronger or if I'm quitting andit's the hardest decision I've
(03:36):
ever made in my life.
And I'm very confused becauseall I can think about is would
Michael Jordan quit, or wouldRoger Federer quit if he knew he
could still win?
Um, and if, if the answer is, isI want to quit, then maybe I'm
not the champion.
I think I am.
So it's very scary.
(03:57):
I'm very scared.
Dr. Shepp (03:59):
And other moments we get a glimpse of practical
choices that performers make,which influences their mindset
and allows them to performoptimally.
Speaker 6 (04:08):
There's not one thing that I've done that I'm proud of
or that usually on a daily basisthat's genuinely easy.
So I think you just get used topushing through that every week.
A lot of people ask me, it's,it's actually, it makes me very
curious.
A lot of people ask me, how areyou not scared?
(04:29):
And I'm like, are you kiddingme?
I'm scared all the time, likeI'm literally terrified a
majority of the time.
And like I said, I explainedthat it's like I think the
people like me and the peoplelike these guys I've mentioned
kind of just found a way to havea healthy relationship with that
(04:50):
fear and learn how to kind oflive with it and use it as kind
of like a chisel to makeyourself a little bit more
precise, a little bit more wellthought out and when it's time,
when it's go time it, it's kindof what keeps me in that focus
and that zone.
Speaker 7 (05:09):
Okay.
Dr. Shepp (05:09):
These will be free form, largely untouched
recordings, which I'm reallyexcited to share with you and
you will get a chance to hearsome of my guests answer
questions that they've neverbeen asked before.
Speaker 8 (05:20):
These are hard.
Dr. Shepp (05:28):
Just about all of my guests share candidly about
their lives and experiences,which I think makes for some
really great conversations.
Speaker 9 (05:35):
You know, I'm a criminal defense lawyer.
I try challenging cases.
I try cases that people warnedme not to take.
This is who I am.
Take it or leave it.
Dr. Shepp (05:46):
Some conversations are going to be recorded in
person here in the Los Angelesarea and others are recorded
remotely, but hopefully youwon't really notice a difference
because they are all intended tobe natural conversations with
the exception of just some musicbreaks to mix it up a little bit
here and there.
(06:06):
My words may never be perfect ofcourse, but the conversations
are real as is the insight thatwe will gain from listening in.
Oh, and from participating,which I hope you will do.
We will be taking questions fromlisteners for some of the
podcasts as I did with onepopular author and TedTalk
speaker.
Sometimes you'll get theopportunity to leave your
question on SpeakPipe, which isan app where you can record your
(06:30):
voice and leave your questionfor the possible use in a
podcast and sometimes by email,Twitter, Instagram, or our other
social media platforms andyou'll be able to find this
information in the episode notesfor each broadcast.
I'm really excited to sharethese conversations and I do
hope that you will join in lifeis a series of moments.
(06:51):
It's how you manage thosemoments that makes the
difference.
Our first episode drops in justa few weeks and we will be
talking with Terry Gannon, knownfor his work as a sportscaster
for NBC sports.
And for our first season, wewill feature conversations with
the likes of X games, goldmedalist, IndyCar history
makers, e-sports, worldchampions, musicians who have
(07:12):
played to sold out stadiumsacross the globe, high profile
courtroom attorneys, televisionhosts, vocal coaches to the
biggest recording artists on theplanet, and many, many more.
So come on, join theconversations and thanks for
tuning in.
Until then, I'm Dr.
Shepp.
Thanks for tuning in to manage the moment
conversations in performancepsychology.
I'm Dr.
Sari Shepphird.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Practicing for consistency over perfection is
going to be so much better forlongevity and staying safe and
healthy.
Keep pushing forward is kind ofthe rhythm you got to keep in
whatever you do because if youlook for anything else, it's
just gonna fizzle out.
It's going to be a flash in thepan.
Dr. Shepp (00:37):
What does it feel like to be at the top of your
game as a performer and what canwe learn from those who are,
when all eyes are on you, how doyou manage that moment?
Speaker 2 (00:46):
I want to connect with the audience and and make
this two hours of coverage onthis basketball game I'm doing
or whatever it is, as enjoyableas possible, and you do that by
making them want to spend thetime with you and that's kind of
the last thought I have before Igo on the air, is make that
(01:08):
person out there enjoy the nexttwo hours.
However I can do that.
Dr. Shepp (01:14):
What does it feel like to have been a performer
who has broken barriers?
Speaker 4 (01:18):
Oftentimes people who are, who don't have, you know,
white male privilege can feelvery, uh, fraudulent when in
positions of power, like beingat speaking at a podium.
And in the early years I had alot of that, you know, that
somebody was going to come up onstage and say, you know, she
doesn't know where she's talkingabout, get her off the stage and
is that kind of thing that itwas, um, it's, I think it's just
(01:41):
becomes something that is aproblem for a lot of a lot of
women and people of color andpeople who don't, as I say,
don't have, I mean with whitemale privilege comes the
assumption that if you'respeaking at a podium that you
are the authority and that, youknow, you do have a right to be
there.
So it's feeling like you have aright to be there.
That I think is really, uh, is aproblem often for people.
(02:03):
And that's something that, um,needs really needs to change
Dr. Shepp (02:07):
On this, the manage the moment podcast.
We will be having conversationswith performers who come from
wildly different performanceareas, from athletes
representing a wide range ofsports to television
personalities, to performingartists and actors, from
songwriters to playwrights toauthors along with people who
are in the public eye.
(02:28):
So much so that it leaves everyday feeling like a performance.
Some of our guests come from along history of experience in
the performance world and othersare fresh to the scene.
Our conversations give us thechance to connect and so
sometimes we really dive deepand get personal.
Speaker 4 (02:45):
I used to say that without alcohol I'd put a gun to
my head and I had a moment ofrealizing that alcohol was the
gun
Speaker 5 (02:54):
every time that I was about to uh, lose my spot on
team.
What are, it's because ofcommitment or performance or
whatnot.
Cause it happens a couple oftimes in my career.
These are always life.
Like make it a break.
It kind of situations where youeither quit or you come back
stronger.
(03:14):
Um, and I think that's whatmakes a great champion.
Right?
Um, and I, every time I cameback stronger, but right now I'm
in this, I'm designing at themoment if I'm coming back
stronger or if I'm quitting andit's the hardest decision I've
(03:36):
ever made in my life.
And I'm very confused becauseall I can think about is would
Michael Jordan quit, or wouldRoger Federer quit if he knew he
could still win?
Um, and if, if the answer is, isI want to quit, then maybe I'm
not the champion.
I think I am.
So it's very scary.
(03:57):
I'm very scared.
Dr. Shepp (03:59):
And other moments we get a glimpse of practical
choices that performers make,which influences their mindset
and allows them to performoptimally.
Speaker 6 (04:08):
There's not one thing that I've done that I'm proud of
or that usually on a daily basisthat's genuinely easy.
So I think you just get used topushing through that every week.
A lot of people ask me, it's,it's actually, it makes me very
curious.
A lot of people ask me, how areyou not scared?
(04:29):
And I'm like, are you kiddingme?
I'm scared all the time, likeI'm literally terrified a
majority of the time.
And like I said, I explainedthat it's like I think the
people like me and the peoplelike these guys I've mentioned
kind of just found a way to havea healthy relationship with that
(04:50):
fear and learn how to kind oflive with it and use it as kind
of like a chisel to makeyourself a little bit more
precise, a little bit more wellthought out and when it's time,
when it's go time it, it's kindof what keeps me in that focus
and that zone.
Speaker 7 (05:09):
Okay.
Dr. Shepp (05:09):
These will be free form, largely untouched
recordings, which I'm reallyexcited to share with you and
you will get a chance to hearsome of my guests answer
questions that they've neverbeen asked before.
Speaker 8 (05:20):
These are hard.
Dr. Shepp (05:28):
Just about all of my guests share candidly about
their lives and experiences,which I think makes for some
really great conversations.
Speaker 9 (05:35):
You know, I'm a criminal defense lawyer.
I try challenging cases.
I try cases that people warnedme not to take.
This is who I am.
Take it or leave it.
Dr. Shepp (05:46):
Some conversations are going to be recorded in
person here in the Los Angelesarea and others are recorded
remotely, but hopefully youwon't really notice a difference
because they are all intended tobe natural conversations with
the exception of just some musicbreaks to mix it up a little bit
here and there.
(06:06):
My words may never be perfect ofcourse, but the conversations
are real as is the insight thatwe will gain from listening in.
Oh, and from participating,which I hope you will do.
We will be taking questions fromlisteners for some of the
podcasts as I did with onepopular author and TedTalk
speaker.
Sometimes you'll get theopportunity to leave your
question on SpeakPipe, which isan app where you can record your
(06:30):
voice and leave your questionfor the possible use in a
podcast and sometimes by email,Twitter, Instagram, or our other
social media platforms andyou'll be able to find this
information in the episode notesfor each broadcast.
I'm really excited to sharethese conversations and I do
hope that you will join in lifeis a series of moments.
(06:51):
It's how you manage thosemoments that makes the
difference.
Our first episode drops in justa few weeks and we will be
talking with Terry Gannon, knownfor his work as a sportscaster
for NBC sports.
And for our first season, wewill feature conversations with
the likes of X games, goldmedalist, IndyCar history
makers, e-sports, worldchampions, musicians who have
(07:12):
played to sold out stadiumsacross the globe, high profile
courtroom attorneys, televisionhosts, vocal coaches to the
biggest recording artists on theplanet, and many, many more.
So come on, join theconversations and thanks for
tuning in.
Until then, I'm Dr.
Shepp.
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