Jim DiMatteo, Retired US Navy Captain

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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🗓️ 18 April 2018

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Summary

This week’s podcast is with Jim DiMatteo.

After graduating from the University of California Berkeley in 1986, Jim followed in his father’s and brother’s footsteps and joined the US Navy where he began an unprecedented Naval Aviation career.

He retired as a Captain and has amassed nearly 5,000 hours in 5 different fighter aircraft (F/A-18, F-16, F-14, F-5, A-4) in over twenty-five years of service.

After extensive combat flight time in Desert Storm, Jim was recruited into the prestigious TOPGUN Adversary squadron. It was there that he accumulated more TOPGUN Adversary flight time than anyone in the history of the US Navy and Marine Corps.

He was awarded numerous accolades, including US Navy Fighter Pilot of the Year and US Navy Adversary Pilot of the Year.

After retiring, he became the first Race Director in America for Red Bull and the U.S. Director of Aviation for Brietling.

Jim was recently inducted into the Aviation Hall of Fame for his lifetime achievements in aviation.

In this conversation, we discuss how he prepares to make decisions under duress, the role visualization has played in his success, and the most dangerous moments for any fighter pilot.

Jim has lost many loved ones and peers due to the nature of how dangerous his craft is.

He has a refreshing perspective on the things that matter most in life and I hope that rubs off on you in this conversation.

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0:00.0	if you're a golfer and you got to drain a putt, if you really looked up and looked at all the people around you and
0:06.7	and started to think too hard about it, you're going to fail.
0:10.5	Same thing with a free throw or a last ninth inning at bat or something like that.
0:16.0	So at least that's how I had a, I wouldn't say cavalier, but I had a attitude that said, hey I'm going to do my best and if it's if it
0:26.7	works great if it doesn't then say we move on to something else. All right,
0:35.0	welcome back or welcome back or welcome to the Finding Mastery Podcast.
0:44.2	I'm Michael Jervay.
0:45.2	And by Trade and Training, I'm a sport and performance psychologist,
0:48.4	licensed in California, spending a lot of time working
0:51.5	to understand how the best in the world operate and working with them in sometimes hostile, sometimes rugged and oftentimes consequential environments.
0:59.6	And the whole idea behind this podcast is to learn from people who are on the path of
1:03.8	mastery to better understand what they're searching for, to understand their
1:08.4	psychological framework, which is a fancy phrase for how they make sense of the
1:12.4	world themselves and events in the world.
1:15.0	And then we also want to dig to understand the mental skills that they've used to build and refine their craft.
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