Living with Alignment | NFL Player, Tyler Lockett

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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🗓️ 23 October 2019

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

This week’s conversation is with Tyler Lockett, a football player who currently plays Wide Receiver for the Seattle Seahawks.

Tyler was drafted by the Seahawks in the third round of the 2015 NFL Draft, and played college football at Kansas State, where he broke multiple records.

This is the first time I’ve had a current member of the Seahawks on the podcast and it was a special conversation.

Both Tyler’s father, Kevin, and uncle, Tyler, were star football players at Kansas State and went on to play pro ball.

Tyler shares how he dealt with the pressure of living up to their legacy and the anxiety and stress it initially caused him – even driving him to a panic attack at one point.

Tyler has a strong faith based framework that allowed him to overcome these challenges and become the man he is today.

Now, I realize many of you may not aspire to play professional sports and some of you may live a life separate of any faith based denomination, but this conversation is really about living with alignment.

It’s about finding the right framework for you – the framework that allows you to be your best in any environment.

For Tyler, his belief in God is a big part of that – and his poetry.

He began performing at open mics and poetry slams in high school, and he has written poems to work through personal issues, inspire his teammates, and give young people an opportunity to reflect on their lives.

Tyler just released his first book – an inspiring collection of original poetry addressing topics such as identity, sports, race, relationships, and how to live a purposeful life.

I definitely recommend checking his book out!

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0:00.0	When I'm about the perform, I step into a whole other place.
0:03.3	I'm not worried about anybody.
0:06.1	I'm not worried about anxiety.
0:07.2	I'm not worried about any of that because I take the guy stuff so serious.
0:11.8	So when I'm performing I'm performing for him.
0:16.5	So when I'm up there I'm like I'm like listen like this is what I'm about and this is what I have to like to let child listen to and to show you guys and I'm not worried about what I'll think I'm not worried about what I'll feel I'm not worried about if they're gonna like it because the truth is if I like it. know everybody else is going to like it because there's nothing
0:35.2	that I do that I don't like. All right, welcome back or welcome to the Finding Mastery Podcast. I'm Michael Jervay, and by
0:50.5	trade and training, I'm a sport and Psychologist, as well as the co-founder of
0:55.1	Compete to Create.
0:57.1	And the whole idea behind these conversations is to learn, and to learn from people who have committed their life efforts towards mastery,
1:04.4	both mastery of craft and mastery of self. And what we want to do is we want to
1:08.4	understand the psychological framework that they're working from, which is a fancy way
1:12.1	of thinking about how do they make sense of
1:15.0	themselves and how do they make sense of events and the world around them.
1:19.1	And then we also want to understand what are the mental skills that they use to build and refine their craft.
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