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Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais

Sam Darnold, New York Jets Quarterback

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

🗓️ 30 April 2018

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

This week’s conversation is with quarterback Sam Darnold on leadership, trust, and confidence.

Sam was just selected by the New York Jets with the 3rd pick in this year's NFL Draft.

Over the last two years, Sam has been one of the top college quarterbacks in the nation, playing at the University of Southern California.

I’ve known Sam since he participated in the Elite 11 quarterback camp - which features the best of the best quarterbacks coming out of high school. It’s been incredible to see how far he’s come since then.

You might know him as one of the best rookie quarterbacks, but this conversation shows a different side of him: insight, integrity, humility, and honesty.

We discuss everything from his leadership style, why building strong relationships and trusting himself have been fundamental to his success, and how he’s managed the distractions that have come with his quick rise to fame.

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0:00.0

Before I took a snap at USC I wasn't confident. You know I was like I had a bunch of doubts in my mind

0:06.3

Again going going back to negative negative thoughts negative self-talk I was like man can I even play at this level? These guys are fast, these guys are big,

0:15.5

you know, am I really going to be able to perform at this high of a level?

0:21.2

And now those thoughts have kind of moved and now it's professional and it's kind of all happening over and over again and I'm realizing that if I just continue to prepare and continue to myself in my mind, I'm Michael Jervay.

0:49.0

And by Trade and Training, I'm a Sport and Performance Psychologist,

0:53.3

Fortune enough to work with some of the brightest thinkers and doers across the planet.

0:57.0

And the whole idea about these conversations, this podcast,

1:00.5

is to learn from people who are on the path of mastery, to better understand what they're searching for,

1:06.0

to work to understand their psychological framework,

1:09.0

and then to reveal the mental skills that they've been using to build and refine their craft.

1:15.0

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