#250: Dr. Michael Gervais, Renowned high-performance psychologist and founder of Finding Mastery – Train your mind

How Leaders Lead with David Novak

David Novak Leadership

Entrepreneurship, Business, Management

4.8 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Most people think confidence and resilience are just part of your personality. But high-performance psychologist Dr. Michael Gervais knows better: they’re skills you can train. In this inspiring and practical conversation, Dr. Gervais shares the same mental strategies he uses to help Super Bowl champions, Olympic gold medalists, and top Fortune 500 CEOs be at their best. Hit play now and learn how to train your mind and unlock new levels of performance in your work! You’ll also learn: A simple process for finding your personal purpose A better way to think about teams (especially if you're tired of thinking about teams) How to hack your confidence The mindset some people dismiss—and top performers rely on Take your learning further. Get proven leadership advice from these (free!) resources: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The How Leaders Lead App⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: A vast library of 90-second leadership lessons to stay sharp on the go ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Daily Insight Emails⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: One small (but powerful!) leadership principle to focus on each day Whichever you choose, you can be sure you’ll get the trusted leadership advice you need to advance your career, develop your team, and grow your business.

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0:00.0	to be able to know how to weather, you know, difficult experiences, emotions, and situations are required.
0:08.0	And so that we can meet the demands at the moment. So I need to first invest in my inner life
0:13.1	and my habits and practices so I can be a great teammate so that I can, if enough of those,
0:19.2	do that in the kind of the same setting, we end up being a great team.
0:22.5	Most people think confidence and resilience are just part of your personality.
0:26.8	But the truth is, there's skills you can train, and today you'll see how.
0:31.2	Welcome to How Leaders Lead.
0:32.5	I'm David Novak, and every week I have conversations with the best leaders in the world
0:36.9	to help you become the best
0:38.8	leader that you can be. Today I'm talking with Dr. Michael Jerva, one of the most respected
0:43.8	performance psychologists in the world. He's worked with Super Bowl champions, Olympic gold medalist,
0:49.5	and top Fortune 500 CEOs. At his company, finding Mastery, he helped people train their minds,
0:57.2	to perform under pressure, to stay focused, to build confidence, and to live with purpose.
1:02.8	Basically, he coaches the best people in the world to get even better. And in this conversation,
1:09.2	he shares the same tools and ideas with you so that you can
1:13.1	gain an edge in your own personal performance. If you need a confidence boost, if you want to
1:19.1	build a stronger team, or if you just know you're capable of more, but you're not sure how to get
1:24.4	there, this episode is a treasure trove of insights. So here's my conversation
1:30.1	with my good friend and soon to be yours, Dr. Michael Jervet.
1:39.7	I think this will be a really fun podcast for everybody because what I want to do is basically
1:45.7	help you lead a coaching session with business leaders. So they can get your perspective on how
1:52.4	you would approach certain things as you think about how you lead at work and how you take
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