Super Bowl Winning Coach on Grit, Growth and Failure | NFL Coach, Tom Cable

Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais

Dr. Michael Gervais

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

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🗓️ 22 November 2023

⏱️ 118 minutes

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Summary

What would you do in the face of a very public and shocking defeat? Would you crumble, or would you use it to grow and learn?

Today’s guest chose growth, transforming one of the most heart-wrenching moments in NFL history into a profound learning experience.

In this episode, I'm thrilled to introduce a friend and former colleague from my time with the Seattle Seahawks — the exceptional Tom Cable.

Tom’s coaching journey includes three years as an NFL Head Coach and seven years as an Assistant Head Coach, including two Super Bowl appearances with the Seattle Seahawks – one where the Seahawks won in 2014 (against the Denver Broncos), and one where they lost in dramatic fashion in 2015 (against the New England Patriots). We cover that loss – and the ramifications of it – in depth in this conversation.

With over 35 years of coaching experience, Tom has left an indelible mark on both collegiate and NFL levels. His expertise is with the Offensive Line, but his influence goes way beyond X's and O's; he's a teacher, as all great coaches are, a co-creator of cultures, and a problem solver who challenges players and organizations to be honest in their approach toward mastery.

Now, this is a special episode – not only do we get to dive into Tom’s stories & insights, but in the second half of the conversation, Tom and I get to wrestle with some of YOUR questions around coaching and leadership. We set up a call-in phone number, and you all left some great questions for us to tackle.

We cover: the mindset required to adjust when things don’t go according to plan, how to build a trusting environment, personal stories from our time together with the Seahawks (including a never heard before breakdown of the infamous goal-line call, that cost us the win in our second superbowl), and so much more.

This conversation serves as a reminder that success is not solely defined by championships, but by the growth, support, and love shared along the path.

With fire,

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0:00.0	At the end of the day, if I'm doing something for others, then I'm being me.
0:06.0	Every decision we make in my world, at least in my belief, is I either do it with love or with hate.
0:11.0	And so I chose love. How are we growing? How can we be better than
0:14.9	everybody else if we just stay on this side of the short fence? Let's step
0:19.0	over that and let's go climb the tallest fence. Okay, welcome back, or welcome to The Finding Mastery Podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Michael Jervay, by trade and training a high-performance psychologist.
0:39.0	And today I am so thrilled. To introduce a friend and a former colleague from my time with the Seattle Seahawks,
0:46.0	the exceptional coach, Tom Cable.
0:48.7	Tom's coaching journey includes three years as an NFL head coach and seven years as an assistant head coach.
0:55.2	He was a member of two Super Bowl appearances with the Seattle Seahawks where we won
0:59.7	one in 2014 against the Broncos and then we lost one in dramatic fashion in 2015
1:06.3	against the Patriots. With over 35 years of coaching experience, Tom has left an
1:12.4	indelible mark on both collegiate and NFL levels.
1:16.9	His expertise is with the offensive line.
1:19.8	But his influence goes way beyond X's and O's. He's a teacher as all great coaches are.
1:26.7	He's a co-creator of cultures and a problem solver who challenges players and
1:31.7	organizations to be honest in their approach towards mastery.
1:36.0	Now this episode is special. Not only do we dive into Tom's stories and insights and his practical approaches to getting better, but in the second half of this conversation,
1:48.0	Tom and I get to wrestle with some of your questions around coaching and leadership.
1:52.8	We set up a call and phone number
1:54.4	and you left us some great questions for us to tackle.
1:58.4	So we cover the mindset required to adjust
2:00.6	when things don't go according to plan, how to build a trusting environment,
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