Peter Berg: Director & Filmmaker

Suiting Up with Paul Rabil

Paul Rabil

Sports, Business

5 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2019

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Welcome to an all-new season of Suiting Up Podcast. I'm your host – professional athlete and co-founder of the Premier Lacrosse League – Paul Rabil. Today's episode features director, producer, and Hollywood filmmaker, Peter Berg. Known for his major feature films Lone Survivor, Friday Night Lights, The Kingdom, Hancock, Patriots Day, and Mile 22, Peter's also produced major TV series and Super Bowl commercials. Peter's biggest passion away from film is boxing -- so much that he hosted me at his boxing club, Churchill Boxing, in Santa Monica for the interview. Range of topics include:Overcoming fearTactics in meditationAchieving 10% improvementDiscovering your flow stateBest practices in managementHiring strategiesNeuroscience benefits of helping othersPower of storytellingImpact of new tech on film and culture With over 70 shows in our first 2 years of recording Suiting Up, we've interviewed guests like Jim Brown, Bill Belichick, Venus Williams, Drew Brees, Gary Vaynerchuk and Tony Robbins – and every time, we learn a new skill, pickup an idea, or hear an unexpected backstory about how that person wielded greatness from their career.

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0:00.0	I like to follow the 10% rule. You want to be working with someone who's maybe 10% better than you but no more.
0:10.0	You end up taking each other, the two fighters take each other to a place emotionally, physically,
0:16.3	spiritually. It's not like sex, but it's a very euphoric experience. You and I can take some,
0:21.5	each other to that place in the ring where you're confronting your fear
0:25.0	You're performing a level you were not sure you could I'm performing a level and as soon as it's over
0:30.1	So I fighters hug each other so I fighters love each other so much.
0:34.0	You and I have just taken each other somewhere
0:36.3	that a drug can't take us, that a romantic partner can't take us,
0:41.1	that gambling can't take us, you know, it's a very pure high.
0:46.0	What's up everyone? I'm Paul Rabel, professional athlete and co-founder of the Premier
0:50.9	Lacrosse League, and this is an all-new episode of
0:53.1	suiting up podcast. Last week we launched season 3 hosting one of the greatest
0:57.5	athletes in the world of all time, Jim Brown and this week I was fortunate to host one of the greatest filmmakers in the world,
1:05.7	Peter Berg. And on the show, I typically reference learning either a new skill, pick up an idea,
1:11.2	hear a backstory unexpectedly.
1:13.7	This week's episode, there was everything.
1:16.6	We talked about overcoming fear, tactics and meditation,
1:20.2	achieving 10% improvement in the flow state,
1:23.0	best practices in managing a company like hiring tactics,
1:27.0	the neuroscience benefits of helping others,
1:30.0	the beauty of storytelling, which Peter does so well, new tech and more.
1:35.2	So yeah, PB is one of the greatest and most genuine people I know this is a spectacular
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