Day 12 – "Pain is Temporary, Glory is Forever": The Sinkovic Brothers' Gold Medal Mindset | The Game Inside The Games

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Dr. Michael Gervais

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

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🗓️ 6 August 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Rowing is a sport that brings the mind into play like no other. When they are maxing out their physical capacity, completely mentally drained, and have little left in the tank – how do they summon the internal resources to push through?

On Day 12 of The Game Inside the Games, Nastia Liukin and Dr. Michael Gervais sit down with rowing legends – and brothers – Martin and Valent Sinkovic, who recently won their third gold medal here in Paris.

The Sinkovic brothers discuss their thrilling gold medal race, detailing the mental and physical challenges they faced, particularly when they were behind and had to summon the strength for an incredible comeback late in the race.

They break down their perspective on pain, perseverance, trust, internal motivation, and managing pre-race emotions.

And most importantly, they share their powerful perspective on life – that high performance and joy can co-exist, and that sometimes we all need to experience a little pain… a little discomfort… to live a more fulfilling life.

The Sinkovic brothers are an emblem for the good life, and we all have something to learn from their experience and insight.

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0:00.0	Day 12 in Paris. Your tank is empty. You've fallen way behind the leader. How do you summon
0:07.0	the internal resources to come back and win gold? We have a couple of incredible olympians who are going to help us answer that question.
0:17.0	Welcome back or welcome to The Game Inside the Games on Finding Mastery.
0:21.0	I'm Dr. Michael Jervay by trade and training a high performance
0:24.8	psychologist. And I'm Nastie Lucan, Olympic gold medalist and we are here in
0:28.4	Paris and in this special series we unlock the psychology of pivotal, often unseen moments that can make or break an athlete's dream.
0:37.0	What's it like to focus a lifetime of experience
0:39.8	into one performance, a single moment?
0:42.0	What goes on inside the minds of the brightest hours
0:44.7	while the whole world is watching?
0:46.7	Welcome back to Paris, and let's dive into
0:49.0	The Game Inside the Games.
0:52.1	Welcome back to Paris and the Game Inside the Games, presented by Microsoft Co-Pilot.
0:55.6	Today we're sitting down with two rowing legends and brothers, Martin and Valenceinkovich,
1:00.8	who won their third gold medal here in Paris defeating Great Britain with an
1:04.2	incredible surge late in the race. Rowing is a sport that brings the mind into
1:10.2	play like no weather, the physical demands, the relationship with pain, down two and a half
1:16.0	seconds to the Great Britain team with little left in the tank. How does one summon the
1:21.4	internal resources to come back and win gold?
1:25.5	We're about to find out.
1:27.1	First of all, welcome.
1:28.6	Congratulations.
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