#126: Race Car Driver Questions God
Next Level Pros
Chris Lee
4.7 • 165 Ratings
🗓️ 4 October 2024
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to a new episode of Next Level Pros! Join us today as we dive into the electrifying world of racing with none other than Lucas Di Grassi, the godfather of Formula E. From his early days racing go-karts to his profound insights into professional struggles and personal growth, Lucas shares his journey through the high-speed turns of his career and life. We explore not just the exhilaration of the race track but also the challenges and philosophical questions that come with being at the top of one's game.
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Highlights:
"You can never be satisfied. You can always improve."
"Being happy could be an enemy of performance."
"Happiness is not a state. It is a moment."
"Imposter syndrome is real. You always question how good you are."
Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction to Lucas and the world of Formula E
01:32 - The creation of Formula E and its impact
03:07 - Lucas's lifelong racing career and personal background
05:04 - Challenges in Lucas's personal and professional life
10:40 - The intersection of happiness and performance in sports
15:18 - Lucas's battle with imposter syndrome and aging in sports
19:03 - The clash of pragmatism and religious belief
22:34 - Debating the role of science and God in the universe
27:54 - The concept of E + R = O: Event plus Response equals Outcome
31:21 - Skepticism and self-examination in personal growth
35:07 - Leadership principles and the willingness to be wrong
37:19 - Lucas's take on social media and the importance of showing humanity
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| 0:00.0 | One of our core principles of leadership that we teach to entrepreneurs is a willingness to be wrong or essentially a skeptic of your own feelings, right? |
| 0:11.0 | Like that yes, you can be very secure in what you believe, but always |
| 0:16.1 | open and willing that, hey, maybe I don't have it all figured out, and I'm still |
| 0:21.7 | curious to gain more knowledge. |
| 0:25.0 | Hey guys I'm super excited to have Mr Lucas D... |
| 0:30.0 | Am I pronouncing DeGrasse, is that right? |
| 0:33.0 | Yeah, that's good. |
| 0:35.0 | All right, DeGrasse. |
| 0:35.8 | So Lucas is literally the godfather, he is the champion of F1E. So you guys have probably seen Drive to Survive on Netflix, which is the F Formula One circuit. |
| 0:50.0 | The F1E circuit is essentially the same but on the electric side of the vehicles and |
| 0:56.5 | Lucas has been a driver for many years comes from a very successful background |
| 1:02.0 | very successful family family down in Brazil and has been able to do a lot of really cool things. |
| 1:08.0 | Welcome to the show, Mr Lucas. |
| 1:11.0 | Thanks, Chris. Thank you very much for hosting me. |
| 1:14.0 | Yeah, I've raised my whole life since I was seven years old. |
| 1:18.0 | I raised in Formula One back in 2010, then in long endurance races, and I helped to create Formula E, which is Formula One Electric |
| 1:28.0 | for people who doesn't know that. |
| 1:31.0 | And yeah, what year was that that you created Formula One. |
| 1:35.0 | I was not the show with you. |
| 1:37.0 | I was not the founder, but a very good friend of mine, |
| 1:42.0 | as soon as he got the idea he called me I was the first |
| 1:46.9 | person to to join him to do it and it was July 2012 2012 man you know a lot of people and myself included would have never realized that this type of circuit existed |
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