michaelgervais

Dr. Michael Gervais (@MichaelGervais) is one of the world’s top high-performance psychologists and leading experts on the relationship between the mind and human performance. Dr. Gervais has spent his career being called on by the best of the best across the worlds of business, sport, the arts, and science when they need to achieve the extraordinary. T0day we discuss his brand new book The First Rule of Mastery: Stop Worrying About What People Think if You. 

Dr. Gervais is also the founder and host of the Finding Mastery Podcast, the co-creator of the Performance Science Institute at USC, and his work has been featured by NBC, ABC, FOX, CNN, ESPN, NFL Network, Red Bull TV, The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Outside Magazine, WIRED, ESPN Magazine and more.

Among his notable work, he has trained over 50,000 Microsoft employees, helped Red Bull Athlete Felix Baumgartner manage his mind and body under pressure for his record-setting skydive from 128,000 feet. As a sport psychology consultant, he was a member of the Seattle Seahawks team for 9 seasons, including two back-to-back Super Bowl appearances (winning in 2014). His primary objective was to assist Head Coach, Pete Carroll, to build a mindset-based culture.

He has also worked across three Summer Olympic Games (Tokyo, Rio, London) and two winter Olympics as a high-performance psychologist supporting Team USA, helping athletes win 30+ medals. 

Follow his work and connect at www.FindingMastery.com. 

PUT IN YOUR BULK BOOK ORDERS SOON TO GET THEM BY THE HOLIDAYS!: Programs such as UNC soccer and lacrosse, Syracuse lacrosse, Stanford Lacrosse, Middlebury College, Colby College, Rutgers University, and many other champions are using THE CHAMPION TEAMMATE book with their athletes. Schools and clubs are using EVERY MOMENT MATTERS for staff development and book clubs. Are you?  We have been fulfilling numerous bulk orders for some of the top high school and collegiate sports programs in the country, will your team be next? 

Please click here and grab yourself a copy of The Champion Teammate today.  

Please email John@ChangingTheGameProject.com if you want discounted pricing on 10 or more books on any of our books. Thanks everyone.

This week’s podcast is brought to you by our friends at Sprocket Sports.  Sprocket Sports is a new software platform for youth sports clubs.  There are a lot of these systems out there, but Sprocket provides the full enchilada. They give you all the cool front-end stuff to make your club look good– like websites and marketing tools – AND all the back-end transactions and services to run your business better so you can focus on what really matters – your players and your teams. 

Sprocket is built for those clubs looking to thrive, not just survive, in the competitive world of youth sports clubs.  So if you’ve been looking for a true business partner – not just another app – check them out today at https://sprocketsports.me/CTG.

Become a Podcast Champion! This weeks podcast is also sponsored by our Patreon Podcast Champions. Help Support the Podcast and get FREE access to our most popular online courses, a $300 value. If you love the podcast, we would love for you to become a Podcast Champion, (https://www.patreon.com/wayofchampions) for as little as a cup of coffee per month (OK, its a Venti Mocha), to help us up the ante and provide even better interviews, better sound, and an overall enhanced experience. Plus, as a $10 per month Podcast Super-Champion, you will have access to never before released and bonus material, including:

• Downloadable transcripts of our best podcasts, so you don’t have to crash your car trying to take notes!
• A code to get free access to our online course called “Coaching Mastery,” usually a $97 course, plus four other courses worth over $100, all yours for free for becoming a patron.
• Other special bonus opportunities that come up time to time
• Access to an online community of coaches like you who are dedicated listeners of the podcast, and will be able to answer your questions and share their coaching experiences.

Dr. Michael Gervais, a high-performance psychologist, USA Today bestselling author, nationally recognized speaker, podcast host, co-creator of the Performance Science Institute at the USC Marshall School of Business, and one of the world’s leading experts on the relationship between the mind and human performance joins me on this episode.

Michael’s list of clients includes The Seattle Seahawks, Olympians, MVPs from every major sport, internationally acclaimed music artists, and Fortune 50 CEO’s. He’s been featured in major media outlets including NBC, FOX, ESPN, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Sports Illustrated.

Topics we cover include Michael’s backstory, falling in love with the world of the invisible, doing work from the inside out, applying the best practices of psychology, a discussion of The First Rule of Mastery, FOPO, and more.

Get connected with Michael:

Website: https://findingmastery.com/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drmichaelgervais 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drmichaelgervais/ 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MichaelGervais 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaelgervais/ 

Purchase a copy of The First Rule of Mastery: https://www.amazon.com/First-Rule-Mastery-Worrying-People/dp/1647823242 

Leave a 5-star review with a comment on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/business-minds-coffee-chat/id1539014324 

Subscribe to my Business Builder Newsletter: https://bit.ly/32y0YxJ 

Want to learn how you can work with me to gain more clarity, build a rock-solid foundation for your business, and achieve the results and success you deserve? Visit http://jayscherrbusinessconsulting.com/ and schedule a 1:1 discovery coaching call.

Enjoy, thanks for listening, and please share with a friend!

As a high-performance psychologist, Dr. Michael Gervais has worked with NFL players and Olympic athletes, along with musicians, artists, and Fortune 100 CEOs, to help them improve their mindsets. What insights can he share with business leaders on guiding teams through moments of uncertainty? The psychologist, who spent a decade with the Seattle Seahawks, spoke to the WorkLab podcast about the secret power of cultivating mindsets to drive real impact on any team. 

My friend Michael Gervais is one of the world's most successful sports psychologists. From working with the Seattle Seahawks and Pete Carroll to helping Felix Baumgartner become the first human to travel at the speed of sound without a capsule, he’s an elite high-performance psychologist working in high-stakes environments. The list of people, organizations, and projects he’s helped and worked on is too long to list here.

This is one of the few interviews where I was making notes on thoughts I wanted to revisit for my own development and the work I do with my team on fear and managing fear. 

You're going to love this episode!

If you are a fan of my research and work on mindset, Michael has a gift and insight in explaining the complexity of psychology which makes it so easy to understand and appreciate.

He and Pete Carroll have a new Audible Original coming out tomorrow called Compete to Create. It will be a resource for learning how to train your mind and live better.

WATCH ON VIMEO: https://vimeo.com/435910577

We have listed the link below so that you can get your copy when you are ready, but listen to the interview first, it will blow your mind then go check out the book here.

Learn more: https://findingmastery.net/about-michael-gervais/

Listen to his great podcast here: https://findingmastery.net/

\

Welcome to a special episode of Truth + Basketball with George Karl. We’re sharing a conversation today which was recently recorded and produced by our friends at Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais.   

George spoke with Michael about his experiences coaching Hall of Fame players and what it was like battling with Michael Jordan.  Coach and Dr. Gervais talk candidly about success, failure, cancer and George's life following his latest NBA head coaching position.

Wisdom is getting answers to questions you’ve never had. If you’ve ever wondered how to help clients when you know you don’t have the skills to solve their issues – Dr. Licata has some ideas to help.

We sat down and chatted with Dr. Giancarlo Licata, a Pasadena based Head & Neck Chiropractor, Co-creator of the Pasadena Integrative Community of Health Professionals, Interdisciplinary Concussion specialist, multi-linguist, graduate of UCSD with a B.A. in Political Science and a minor in Spanish literature, former guest on The Ricki Lake Show, husband, and father of three.

Dr. Licata is one of only 220 doctors in the United States trained in NUCCA (National Upper Cervical Chiropractic Association). He is board certified by the National Board and California Board of Chiropractic Examiners and works with individuals with complex challenges to their head and neck. He is also the clinic director at Vital Head & Spinal Care in Pasadena, California.

We cover:

• The importance of surrounding yourself with other experts
• How to create a network of specialists
• How to set up systems to audit clients and track progress
• How to extricate yourself from seeing things in only one paradigm
• Why shifting your mindset is your biggest obstacle
• and more!

For references to everything mentioned in this episode, head over to www.behindthepodiumpodcast.com.

If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a review and share with your friends and colleagues!

(more…)

Today Jared and Alex discuss the differences between principles over practice, context over content and how to infuse the why to leave clients with something more tangible.

For references to everything mentioned in this episode, head over to www.behindthepodiumpodcast.com.

If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a review and share with your friends and colleagues!

(more…)