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10% Happier with Dan Harris

267: How Do You Optimize Your Performance When Everything Sucks? | Pete Carroll & Michael Gervais

10% Happier with Dan Harris

10% Media, LLC

Dan Harris, Health & Fitness, Mindfulness, Dharma, Mental Health, Meditation

4.612.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2020

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

How do you optimize your performance when life is utterly disrupted by a pandemic? Are optimism and confidence trainable skills? Can we get over our fear of other people’s opinions? These are some of the questions we tackle in this episode. We have two guests. Pete Carroll is our first interviewee who has a Superbowl ring. He’s been the coach of the Seattle Seahawks for ten seasons. He’s also the co-author and co-founder of Compete to Create, which is many things: a firm that works with companies to create high-performing teams, an online course that anyone can take, and a new Audible Original audio book. Coach Pete’s partner in all of this is our other guest. Michael Gervais is a high performance psychologist who has worked with MVPs from every major sport and Fortune 100 CEOs. He’s also the host of a podcast called Finding Mastery. Where to find Pete Carroll online: Website: https://petecarroll.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PeteCarroll Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coachpetecarroll/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/petecarroll/ Book Mentioned: Compete to Create Audible Origional: https://www.amazon.com/Compete-Create-Approach-Leading-Authentically/dp/B08911JMJX Where to find Michael Gervais online: Website: https://findingmastery.net/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MichaelGervais Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/MichaelGervais/ Podcast Mentioned: Finding Mastery: http://smarturl.it/finding-mastery On July 27, we're launching the Summer Sanity Challenge: a free 21 day meditation challenge. The goal here is to help you build resilience so that you are less buffeted by circumstances you can’t control -- and are therefore calmer, happier, and better prepared to show up the way you want to for your family and your communities. To join the challenge, you can visit tenpercent.com/challenge. Other Resources Mentioned: Compete to Create: https://competetocreate.net/ Additional Resources: Ten Percent Happier Live: https://tenpercent.com/live Coronavirus Sanity Guide: https://www.tenpercent.com/coronavirussanityguide Free App access for Frontline Workers: https://tenpercent.com/care Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/pete-carrol-michael-gervais-267 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Dan. As you may already know, May is mental health awareness month, and while mental health is important every month, this month is an opportunity to share some resources that can really help.

0:11.0

So in that spirit, I want to tell you about some of the other podcasts I really admire and respect in this space.

0:18.0

The podcast's meditative story, a slight change of plans, last day, and on being are all doing incredible work to advance mental health and explore the human condition.

0:30.0

And throughout this month, I'm going to share a little bit more about each one of those shows.

0:34.0

So this week, I want to share one of my favorite podcasts. It's called Meditative Story, and it blends immersive storytelling with gentle mindfulness prompts to help you improve your inner weather.

0:44.0

As you know, my own mental health improvements really began in earnest when I found meditation for myself. And since then, it's really become an invaluable tool to help me deal with anxiety and depression and just the regular ups and downs of life.

0:58.0

So the format of meditative story really feels like an intuitive way to experience mindfulness.

1:03.0

Every episode is also wrapped in a breathtaking musical score, which I personally find pretty relaxing. Some of the storytellers over on meditative story are people you might already know, including Sharon Salzburg, Christa Tippett, David Duchovny, and me, I actually recorded an episode with them myself, not too long ago.

1:21.0

Others are newer voices, but every episode is really extremely cool. So many people who listen to the show have said that it's just a crucial resource for them in supporting their own mental health. And maybe you'll end up following meditative story wherever you get your podcast.

1:36.0

Hello, I'm Hannah and I'm SeruT. And we are the hosts of a Redhanded, a weekly true crime podcast.

1:42.0

Every week on Redhanded, we get stuck into the most talked about cases. From Idaho student killings, the Delphi murders, and our recent rundown of the Murdoch saga.

1:51.0

Last year, we also started a second weekly show, Shorthand, which is just an excuse for us to talk about anything we find interesting because it's our show and we can do what we like.

1:59.0

We've covered the death of Princess Diana, an unholy Quran written in Saddam Hussein's blood, the gruesome history of European witch hunting, and the very uncomfortable phenomenon of genetic sexual attraction.

2:09.0

Whatever the case, we want to know what pushes people to the extremes of human behavior. Like, can someone give consent to be cannibalized? What drives a child to kill? And what's the psychology of a terrorist?

2:20.0

Listen to Redhanded wherever you get your podcast. So, in access our bonus shorthand episodes exclusively on Amazon Music, or by subscribing to Wondry Plus in Apple Podcasts or the Wondry app.

2:32.0

From Wondry, flipping the bird, Elon versus Twitter, is a new podcast that unravels the fascinating story of Elon Musk's unexpected bid to buy Twitter, and all of the drama that has happened since.

2:42.0

Elon's influence is not only ushering in a new era of Twitter, but shaping the future of free speech on the internet as we know it.

2:48.0

You can listen to flipping the bird on Amazon Music, or wherever you get your podcasts.

2:53.0

From ABC, this is the 10% happier podcast. I'm Dan Harris.

3:03.0

Hey guys, before we dive in just a reminder about the summer sanity challenge, which is the free 21 day meditation challenge that we're launching coming up on July 27th.

3:15.0

The whole goal here is to help you boot up or reestablish or reinvigorate your meditation habit so you can be better equipped to deal with a tumultuous, to say the least period of human history.

3:30.0

Every day you get a short video followed by a free guided meditation. We spent a lot of time working on curating the right meditations and putting them in the right order.

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