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Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais

What Makes a Great Coach? | Hall of Fame Softball Coach, Sue Enquist

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

🗓️ 19 February 2020

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

This week’s conversation is with Sue Enquist, UCLA Softball’s first All-American, National Champion, and Hall of Famer.

In 2006, Sue concluded her storied 27-year career as head coach of the UCLA Bruins with a 887-175-1 (.835) record, making her the winningest softball coach among all active coaches.

She is the only person in NCAA Softball history to win a championship as a head coach and a player.

During her career, Sue produced 65 All-Americans and 15 Olympians.

She has been inducted into six Hall of Fames including UCLA, Women’s Sport Foundation, USA Softball Hall of Fame, and National Fastpitch Coaches Association..

Sue is also the recipient of multiple National Coach of the Year and Pac-10 Coach of the Year honors.

This conversation is all about coaching – in any setting.

Sue shares her insights on how to connect, inspire, and get the most out of those around you.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

People in general, it doesn't matter if you're the smartest person in the room or the best athlete in the room,

0:05.0

if we did a better job of understanding how we can control our strong and our weak voice internally.

0:14.0

We can end up doing more, enjoying more,

0:18.3

but most importantly, stop putting so much value

0:21.2

on taking the step based on whether I'm going to be successful.

0:24.3

Take the step because you're curious and you've done the work.

0:28.0

Most people that are overthinkers have done the work already. Okay, welcome back or welcome to the Finding Mastery Podcast.

0:45.0

I'm Michael Jervay by Trade and Training, a sport and performance psychologist,

0:50.0

as well as the co-founder of Compete to Create.

0:53.0

And the whole idea behind this conversation, behind these podcasts,

0:57.0

is to learn from people who have dedicated their life efforts

1:00.0

towards understanding the nuances of their craft.

1:04.0

And the crafts that we get to explore are as wide-ranging as the imagination for humans are.

1:11.0

And so the idea is not to necessarily be deeply attuned to the craft that the person

1:17.0

on the interview is about, but to understand to double click under, to triple click under, and to really get to the source of what

1:25.3

is it that they're searching for how are they organizing their life how do they deal

1:29.9

with obstacles whether they're internal or external and what are those mental skills that they

1:34.6

use to build and refine their craft?

1:37.4

And it's not just about craft.

1:40.2

These conversations are, as it's sorting out, really about mastery of self,

1:44.8

expressed through mastery of craft.

1:47.0

Finding Masters is brought to you by Nets.com.

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