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Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais

Texas Basketball Head Coach Shaka Smart on Bringing Out The Best in Others

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

4.71.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2017

⏱️ 107 minutes

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Summary

Shaka Smart is the Men’s Basketball Head Coach at the University of Texas and he's got a phenomenal way about himself.

It just jumps out of this conversation how much he cares about other people, how invested he is in relationships, how he's working to be the most authentic person he can be — and at the same time pull that out of other people.

He's definitely a relationship-based coach, which is obvious in this conversation, and he's got a real crisp point of view about how to help others become their best.

I hope you enjoy learning from Shaka as much as I did and that we're doing justice in these conversations to highlight the brilliance and the genius within people.

I also want to thank Ryan Holiday, a former guest on the podcast, for introducing me to Coach Smart.

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0:00.0

It was old saying in coaching, guys don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.

0:05.6

And it's so unbelievably true with this, I hate to sound like an old guy, but with this new generation of guys,

0:12.4

you better take the time to spend to get to know you

0:17.0

know what's inside of them and what makes them tick and to be able to articulate to them what matters to you and to help them do the same back. Hi, welcome back or welcome to the Finding Mastery Podcast. I'm Michael Jervais.

0:40.0

And the idea behind these conversations is to learn from people who are on the path of mastery.

0:45.0

To better understand what they're searching for, how they've organized their life efforts,

0:50.0

the psychological framework that they've built to be able to do difficult and challenging things,

0:55.2

and then the mental skills that they've used to build and refine their craft.

1:00.4

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