The Way of the Champion: How to Win Each Day | Sport Psychologist, Dr. Jerry Lynch
Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais
Dr. Michael Gervais
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🗓️ 19 June 2024
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
What defines a true champion? Is it winning? Or… is it a way of living?
While winning games and striving to be the best are parts of it, there's so much more beneath the surface. It’s not just about the technical skills honed through relentless practice—rep after rep, day after day. Exceptional athletes are forged through a deeper, more holistic approach.
In this episode of the Finding Mastery podcast, we dive into the essence of becoming your best self with Dr. Jerry Lynch – a renowned author, guide, coach, and sport psychologist who has mentored athletes and teams across a variety of sports including basketball, lacrosse, soccer, tennis, and golf.
With an impressive portfolio of 17 books (yes, 17!), including The Way of the Champion - one that I’ve handed out to more athletes and parents than any other - Jerry’s philosophy goes beyond physical training and into… you guessed it… the inner game.
He emphasizes daily spiritual and emotional development, cultivating qualities like courage, resilience, integrity, and selflessness—the true hallmarks of a champion.
Join us for an enlightening conversation filled with Jerry’s profound insights and practical tools. This episode is a treasure trove of wisdom for athletes, coaches, parents, and anyone aspiring to greatness. I hope you find it as inspiring and enjoyable as I did.
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| 0:00.0 | You don't go to win a championship. You got to be a champion first. |
| 0:04.4 | Becoming the best version of oneself, we have to focus on what can we shed to get down to the real stuff. |
| 0:12.0 | I mean, to become a master is not possible but you can be a master every day. |
| 0:21.3 | Okay, welcome back or welcome to The Finding Mastery Podcast. I am your host, Dr. Michael Jervay, by trade and training, a high-performance psychologist. |
| 0:30.0 | What does it mean to be an exceptional athlete? What does it take to be an exceptional athlete? |
| 0:33.0 | What does it take to be a champion? |
| 0:35.0 | Yes, of course, winning is part of the ecosystem here, |
| 0:39.0 | winning a game, winning a season. |
| 0:40.0 | But the real goal, the real goal is to fundamentally commit to be your very best, |
| 0:47.0 | to be the best you can be. Sounds cheesy in one way, but it is so powerful when you really metabolize the power of that approach. |
| 0:57.0 | And one of the ways that we become our very best is of course through practice. |
| 1:02.0 | Okay, there's so much more than just those ideas but |
| 1:06.2 | our guest on the podcast today has a really thoughtful and compelling approach. |
| 1:11.2 | Dr. Jerry Lynch is an incredible author. He's a guide. |
| 1:16.2 | He's a teacher and he's grounded in sports psychology. He's mentored in basketball, lacrosse, soccer, tennis, golf, you name it. |
| 1:26.0 | He's the author of 17 books. |
| 1:28.0 | Yes, 17. |
| 1:30.0 | I love his writing. |
| 1:32.0 | I love his approach. It's so good. |
| 1:35.0 | He's got a favorite book of mine that I mean I just want to highly recommend it to you. |
| 1:40.0 | It's one of the books that I give to parents and athletes alike more than just about any other book that I give to them |
| 1:46.3 | It's called the way of the champion |
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