Day 3 – Lindsey Vonn on Overcoming the Weight of Gold and Expectations | The Game Inside The Games

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

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🗓️ 28 July 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Do other people’s expectations make or break an athlete’s Olympic dream?

On day 3 of The Game Inside The Games, Dr. Michael Gervais and Nastia Liukin sit down with one of the most decorated athletes in skiing history, Lindsey Vonn, to explore how expectations impact performance.

Lindsey shares her journey as a world-class skier, discussing the mental and emotional challenges she faced throughout her career. She delves into how she used negativity and doubt from others as fuel for her success, the importance of control and precision in skiing, and her mindset during her most significant races. Lindsey also offers valuable advice for the next generation of athletes, emphasizing the power of resilience and self-belief.

While Lindsey has her own unique lived experience, what she has to say can benefit all of us – don’t miss this opportunity to learn from one of the world’s best in this episode of The Game Inside The Games.

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0:00.0	Day three from Paris. How do expectations impact an athlete's performance at the Olympics?
0:06.1	Let's dive in.
0:07.2	Welcome back.
0:09.2	Or welcome to The Game Inside the games on Finding Mastery.
0:12.8	I'm Dr. Michael Jervay by trade and training a high performance psychologist.
0:16.8	And I'm Nastay Lucan, Olympic Gold Medalist,
0:18.9	and we are here in Paris for the Olympic Games.
0:21.4	And in this special series, we unlock the psychology of pivotal
0:24.7	often unseen moments that can make or break an athlete's dream. What's it like to
0:30.4	focus a lifetime of experience into one performance, a single moment?
0:34.8	What goes on inside the minds of the brightest Olympic stars while the whole world is watching?
0:39.8	Welcome back to Paris and let's dive into the game inside the games. Do expectations
0:45.2	make or break an athlete's Olympic dream? It's a great question and today we are
0:51.0	going to talk with Lindsay Vaughn one of the most decorated athletes in skiing history
0:55.6	to better understand how expectations impact Olympic performances.
1:00.7	Lindsey, welcome to the game inside the games. And before we get started, I just want to take a moment here.
1:07.0	You don't need an introduction, but a gold medal in the downhill in the 2010 Winter Olympics.
1:13.8	Bronze Medal in the Super G in the 2010 Olympics.
1:17.2	Bronze medal in the downhill in the 2018 Olympics,
1:20.6	82 World Cup Race victories, and four overall World Cup titles.
1:27.0	That's a lot.
1:28.0	Congratulations on a huge body of work.
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