Program Your Mind For Improved Performance And Greater Self Awareness
The Michael Caz Podcast
Michael Cazayoux
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 19 March 2018
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
This week on the Brute Strength Podcast, I will be speaking with my good friend Michael Gervais. In this episode we get into mindfulness, improving your focus, and how to re-program your brain for success. Michael is one of the best in the world at what he does and having him appear on our show for the second time is a true honor. If you really like the topics on this episode be sure to check out our first talk on Episode 52. Enjoy the show.
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Topics of discussion:
03:30 - Working with Olympic athletes
07:27 - Managing the levels of pressure
10:30 - Programming your mental “software”
21:25 - Improving internal motivation
25:50 - Pillars of mindfulness
32:01 - Change your relationship with failure
36:40 - Is confidence overrated?
41:00 - Choosing good thoughts
49:25 - 3 practices to add to your morning routine
Links:
Books:
Deep Work - Newport
The Way of the Champion - Lynch & Huang
Man’s Search For Meaning - Frankl
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Root Strength Podcast, bringing you worldwide experts from all areas of health and fitness. |
| 0:08.0 | We cover training, nutrition, coaching, and mindset. |
| 0:12.0 | Welcome your host, Strength and Conditioning Coach, |
| 0:15.0 | 2012 and 2013 Prostick Games Champ, Michael Kaju. |
| 0:19.0 | Mind, Body, Brute. body brute. Hey, this is Mike Kaju and you're listening to the brute strength podcast. |
| 0:28.0 | This week I'm back with one of my favorite guests of all time, sports psychologist Michael Gervais. |
| 0:34.8 | Mike is the mindset coach to dozens of Olympic athletes, |
| 0:38.9 | the Seattle Seahawks, as well as a number |
| 0:41.1 | of different Fortune 500 CEOs. |
| 0:43.6 | In general, he coaches some of the most top performing individuals on the planet |
| 0:48.8 | and he is himself one of the best in the world at what he does. |
| 0:53.0 | We start the conversation off by talking about the Olympics. |
| 0:56.0 | He's got a number of athletes in Pionk Chang, |
| 0:59.0 | and we talk about the conversation that he has with them |
| 1:02.0 | leading up to this event, which is the biggest |
| 1:05.4 | event of their entire lives. |
| 1:06.7 | They spent, you know, over a dozen years, many of them training for all leading up to this |
| 1:12.1 | one competition. |
| 1:14.2 | So what does he tell them, what do they talk about |
| 1:17.0 | to ensure that they can perform optimally |
| 1:19.4 | on the biggest stage of their lives. |
| 1:22.6 | We talk about the possibility of taking someone |
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