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Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais

Nicole Davis: Volleyball and Making a Ripple

Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais

Dr. Michael Gervais

Mindset, Finding Mastery, Business, Sport Psychology, Education, Health & Fitness, Michael Gervais, Psychology, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Self-improvement, Self Help

4.61.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2016

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

This conversation is with Nicole Davis. Nicole represented the United States at the 2008 Olympics and 2012 Olympics, helping USA to a silver medal both times. She was also part of the US team that won the 2014 World Championships. In This Episode: -Learning the hard way about the appropriate time to confront a coach -Focusing on what is controllable -Enduring a difficult family dynamic growing up -The impact domestic abuse had on shaping her as a person -The cost of her competitive edge as a child -The difficulty in embracing the good that comes from constant failure -Finding the thing that makes sense to you -Her ability to pick up a new skill quickly -The lonely journey that separates an Olympian from other athletes -Why it’s ok if something is difficult -Her approach to practicing mindfulness -The pressure of the Olympics and how she responded -Importance of understanding where confidence comes from

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0:00.0

I'm

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Welcome back or welcome to the Finding Mastery Podcast.

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I'm Michael Jervay.

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And the idea behind these conversations

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is to sit down with people who are on the path of mastery

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to better understand what they're searching

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for, their psychological framework,

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and the particular mental skills that they've used to build and refine their craft. And before we jump in to this conversation, just a quick note, if you're like me and you like being reminded or revisiting brilliant

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Pearls of wisdom we're pulling those together and we're calling that minutes on

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updates of two to three minute purls of wisdom that are very applied and have them

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sent right to your phone. So we're excited about that. And also if you want to be part of the

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FindingMaster community, head over to findingMastery.net.4. community where you guys can

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