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Wild Ideas Worth Living

Mastering the Mindset of a Wild Idea with Michael Gervais

Wild Ideas Worth Living

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🗓️ 7 November 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Michael Gervais is one of the world's top high-performance psychologists. He's the co-creator of the Performance Institute at USC, and he's the host and creator of the podcast Finding Mastery. In this episode, Michael shares how we can use psychology to help pursue our wildest ideas.

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0:00.0

Over the years we've talked to plenty of incredible outdoor athletes

0:03.8

people who've walked across America, scaled al-Kapitan,

0:07.8

or highlined over some of the world's largest canyons.

0:11.0

Though they train physically for months or even years, a huge part of the preparation

0:16.1

is psychological. These athletes have to train their minds to perform under pressure, to push

0:21.6

through self-doubt and overcome anxiety.

0:25.0

Dr Michael Jervay is one of the world's top high performance psychologists.

0:30.0

He's the co-creator of the Performance Institute at USC, and he's the host and creator of the podcast Finding Mastery.

0:38.0

Today I'm talking to Michael about how he can use psychology to help us pursue our wild ideas. I'm Shelby Stanger and this is

0:45.3

Wild Ideas Worth Living, an REI co-op studios production.

0:50.3

Michael Jervay grew up as an athlete and in college he became fascinated by how humans

0:57.8

perform under pressure. After getting his PhD in performance psychology Michael went on to work for the Red Bull

1:04.7

Stratis Project.

1:06.6

There he famously helped Felix Baumgartner manage his mind and body for his record-setting

1:12.3

skydive from 128,000 feet in the sky.

1:16.4

In 2011, Michael signed on with the Seattle Seahawks.

1:20.4

His primary objective was to help head coach Pete Carroll build a mindset-based culture.

1:25.3

He worked with the Seahawks for nine seasons including two back-to-back Super Bowl appearances.

1:31.7

Now Michael works with all kinds of athletes and he's

1:34.7

spent the past three Olympic Games working with athletes on Team USA.

1:40.3

Michael Gervais, welcome to Wild Ideas Worth Living.

1:45.0

I'm so stoked to be here.

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