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Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais

Evolving - From Transactional to Transformational Relationships | NASCAR Driver, Kurt Busch

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

🗓️ 23 September 2020

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

This week’s conversation is with NASCAR champion, Kurt Busch.

In 2019, Kurt made the move to Chip Ganassi Racing to become the driver of the No. 1 Monster Energy Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series

Kurt has more than 650 career starts in the MENCS spanning over 21 years of competition.

He’s made 12 appearances in the NASCAR Playoffs including six consecutive appearances.

In addition to being the 2004 MENCS Champion, he also has marquee wins in the NASCAR All-Star race, Coca-Cola 600 (2010) and the Daytona 500 (2017).

Kurt is a fierce competitor and his resume speaks for itself… he understands what it takes to win.

In this conversation, Kurt shares how that same mentality that propelled him to countless victories also almost derailed his career.

We discuss the importance of relationships and how evolving his approach – from transactional to transformational – has reinvigorated him in the second half of his career.

Kurt also describes what it’s like inside a race car traveling at 200mph.

The level of focus required is intense – and recovering from a 3-hour race is no joke.

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0:00.0

when you're in any business, a CEO or an employee,

0:06.2

if you're an athlete, when things slow down

0:10.4

and when things are in the zone,

0:12.3

like we've seen with Michael Jordan, on how when he's shooting the basketball, it seems like the hoop is the size of a hoop or a manhole cover is what Tiger Woods is putting at when he's in that zone.

0:27.3

That's when you're going to that next level.

0:30.0

That's when things have slowed down and it's because your awareness is prepared by your preparation and your preparation is meeting that opportunity because of all of the steps that you've put in place and it's the same as

0:44.5

walking into a boardroom as a CEO and knowing the look on somebody's eye or to

0:49.8

watch their body language or to know that when they're stumbling through a

0:53.7

presentation it's because they haven't done the right things to be in position

0:58.0

to win. Okay, welcome back or welcome to The Finding Mastery Podcast.

1:13.2

I'm Michael Jervay and by Trade and Training.

1:15.8

I'm a Sport and Performance Psychologist.

1:18.6

And the whole idea behind these conversations

1:21.5

is to learn from people who are on the path of mastery.

1:24.6

The extraordinary thinkers and doers of modern time,

1:27.8

to better understand what they're searching for.

1:31.4

Their psychological framework, how they see the world, how they make

1:34.3

sense of things, how they use their thoughts, how their thoughts and emotions work

1:38.2

together for the challenges that they're trying to solve. And, albeit underneath the surface,

1:44.0

we want to also understand the mental skills that they use

1:47.0

to build and refine their craft.

1:50.0

Finding Mastery is brought to you by Kuzin Macha.

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