Dive into the minds of the world’s greatest athletes, leaders, thinkers, and doers with Dr. Michael Gervais—a high performance psychologist and world-renowned expert on the relationship between high performance and the mind. Dr. Gervais’s client roster includes Super Bowl winning NFL teams, Fortune 50 CEOs, Olympic medalists, internationally acclaimed artists, and more.
On Finding Mastery, Dr. Gervais sits down with the best at what they do, like David Goggins, Brene Brown, Toto Wolff, soccer legend Abby Wambach, neuroscientist Dr. Andrew Huberman, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella — translating their life stories, mental skills, and personal practices into applicable tools you can use to unlock your potential.
Walk with us to the edge of human possibility and learn what you are capable of. New episodes every Wednesday.
Shownotes:
4:30: Reasoning behind not choreographing his dancing
7:15: Trusting your instincts and creating an organic experience for the audience
11:05: Why instincts are the necessary choices
15:20: Type of legacy he wants to leave
18:00: How dancing is like playing a game and you're trying to get the highest score possible
20:48: Manipulating the crowd and controlling their emotions
25:54: Why true perfection doesn't exist
29:20: Living in his head in his early life
34:00: Competitiveness fueling growth
40:15: How to take inspiration from those who are better and worse than you
49:40: Defining doubt
58:29: How to learn from different outlooks
1:03:40: How he'll know when he's truly made it
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