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Young and Profiting with Hala Taha

Dr. Michael Gervais: The Relationship Between Your Mind and Performance | Human Behavior E287

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha

YAP Media Network | Hala Taha

Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Michael Gervais often skipped school to do something he was actually good at: surfing. But performance anxiety would overwhelm him when he had to compete with an audience watching. One day, a competitor challenged him to stop thinking about everything that could go wrong. Michael took his advice, and just like that, he could perform. That was the beginning of his interest in the mind. Today, he helps star athletes and professionals to hack their minds and perform at their peak. In this episode, Michael helps us understand why we value other people's opinions over ours. He also shares powerful techniques for harnessing the power of the mind.  Dr. Michael Gervais is a performance psychologist, author, and host of the Finding Mastery podcast. He is one of the world's leading experts on the relationship between the mind and human performance. He is also the co-founder of Compete to Create, a digital platform for mindset training.    In this episode, Hala and Michael will discuss: - The beginnings of his interest in the mind - His career journey to becoming a high-performance sports coach  - How he works with athletes to reach peak performance - Common challenges for elite athletes and business professionals - Training the mind around a growth mindset  - The importance of recovery for high performers - Powerful breathing practices for building mental strength - Mental imagery for creating familiarity with excellence - The four steps of his morning mindset routine - The first rule of mastery - Where FOPO (the fear of other people’s opinions) comes from - How Beethoven overcame FOPO  - Choosing purpose in a performance-obsessed culture - And other topics… Michael Gervais is one of the world's top high-performance psychologists and leading experts on the relationship between the mind and human performance. His clients include Olympians, world record holders, Fortune 100 CEOs, high-performing athletes from every major sport, and internationally acclaimed artists. He supported Team USA across three Summer Olympic Games and two Winter Olympics, helping athletes win over 30 medals. Michael is the co-founder of Compete to Create, a digital platform for mindset training. The firm works with a limited portfolio of Fortune 500 companies, including Microsoft, AT&T, and Amazon. Michael hosts the Finding Mastery podcast and is the author of The First Rule of Mastery, published in 2023.    Sponsored By: Shopify - Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at youngandprofiting.co/shopify Indeed - Get a $75 job credit at indeed.com/profiting Yahoo Finance - For comprehensive financial news and analysis, visit YahooFinance.com   Active Deals - youngandprofiting.com/deals Key YAP Links Reviews - ratethispodcast.com/yap Youtube - youtube.com/c/YoungandProfiting LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/htaha/ Instagram - instagram.com/yapwithhala/ Social + Podcast Services: yapmedia.com Transcripts - youngandprofiting.com/episodes-new Entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship podcast, Business, Business podcast, Self Improvement, Self-Improvement, Personal development, Starting a business, Strategy, Investing, Sales, Selling, Psychology, Productivity, Entrepreneurs, AI, Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Marketing, Negotiation, Money, Finance, Side hustle, Startup, mental health, Career, Leadership, Mindset, Health, Growth mindset, Mental Health, Health, Psychology, Wellness, Biohacking, Motivation, Mindset, Manifestation, Productivity, Brain Health, Life Balance, Self Healing, Positivity, Happiness, Sleep, Diet   Learn more about YAP Media's Services - yapmedia.io/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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other people, we miss the opportunity to live life according to our unique experiences in life.

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It's a high performance psychologist. He's the man you bring in to help you build a mindset for unparalleled achievement.

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Worked with some of the world's most accomplished athletes and performers.

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He is a well-known speaker and appears in numerous media outlets around the country.

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Fear of people's opinions.

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I call it the greatest constrictor of human potential.

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