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Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais

Author Jon Gordon on Team Building, Relationships, Connection

Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais

Dr. Michael Gervais

Sport Psychology, Finding Mastery, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Business, Self Help, Michael Gervais, Health & Fitness, Mindset, Psychology, Self-improvement, Education

4.71.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2017

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Jon Gordon is a best-selling author: including The Energy Bus, The Carpenter, Training Camp, The Seed, You Win in the Locker Room First and The No Complaining Rule…..and his newest book: the power of positive leadership

Jon has been featured on The Today Show, CNN, CNBC, The Golf Channel, Fox and Friends….and….seems like every other week I hear about him speaking to teams in the NBA, NFL, MLB….or keynoting conferences. 

Jon has spirit. And I think people are so attracted to him, because of that spirit. You can't help but want to be better around him.

Jon played Lacrosse for and is a graduate of Cornell University and holds a Masters in Teaching from Emory University.

The main themes for this conversation are about - connection, relationships, leading, striving together and how to succeed as a team. 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

I believe we strive for greatness because we were never meant to be average.

0:04.6

It's in our DNA.

0:05.6

We ultimately, if you ask people if they want to be great or do great things, everyone says yes.

0:10.2

No one ever says, I always, I haven't found anyone says, yeah, I want to be mediocre.

0:13.4

Now whether we take actions to do those things are different, but we all have this desire

0:17.5

in our heart and our soul. I think God planted it in our soul to strive for greatness because

0:22.1

that's what being human is about.

0:23.6

All right welcome back or welcome to the Finding Mastery Podcast. I'm Michael Jervay.

0:37.0

And the idea behind these conversations is to learn. To learn from people who are on the path of mastery to better understand what they're

0:44.1

searching for, to understand their psychological framework, which is how they see the world and themselves

0:48.9

in it, and we also want to work to understand the mental skills that they use to build and refine their craft.

0:55.0

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0:58.0

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1:01.0

It's been found to consume roughly around 20% of your energy every day.

1:05.6

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1:10.0

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1:14.9

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1:19.2

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1:25.0

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1:29.0

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1:45.1

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1:47.4

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