Pat LaFontaine: Being Ignited and Igniting Others (Part 1)
Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais
Dr. Michael Gervais
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2016
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
There are no short cuts on the path of mastery and those that carve a path - that has yet be carved - have much to teach us about pushing the accepted norms of what most people think is possible. Pat LaFontaine has done both.
In This Episode: -Growing up surrounded by a hard working family -Being the youngest on his youth hockey teams -What ignited his love for hockey -His role models growing up - Setting an initial goal of getting a college scholarship -The moment he realized American players could make it -His legendary Michigan youth club team -The impact Canadian hockey had on his drive to become better -Importance of mindset and being even keel -Having no regrets -Why positive self-talk makes a difference -Allowing experiences to pass through you -The dark place concussions brought him to
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back or welcome to the Finding Mastery Podcast. |
| 0:12.6 | I'm Michael Jervay. |
| 0:13.8 | And the idea behind these conversations |
| 0:15.4 | is to sit down with people who are on the path of mastery, |
| 0:18.3 | who have a rich understanding of what that journey looks like. |
| 0:22.3 | And the idea is to pull out or tease out their psychological framework, |
| 0:26.0 | how they've organized their life, |
| 0:28.0 | how they excel by using mental skills |
| 0:30.0 | and how they refine those mental skills, |
| 0:32.0 | and we're not looking for hacks or tricks or tips. |
| 0:35.4 | We're looking for robust and sturdy practices |
| 0:38.2 | that they have developed themselves or borrowed from other people |
| 0:42.0 | that have stood the test of time or still |
| 0:44.4 | stand the test of time. And so that's the exciting part of this is like what are the |
| 0:48.3 | practices that these men and women are employing in their life that we can learn |
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