Michael Gervais on the Path to Excellence and Finding Purpose

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2 жыл бұрын

What is your purpose?
On this episode of the podcast Ryan Holiday talks to sport psychologist and entrepreneur Dr. Michael Gervais about his work in elite performance, the practical path to excellence, how to find purpose and meaning in your life, and more.
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Dr. Michael Gervais is a high-performance psychologist who has worked with NFL’s Seattle Seahawks, numerous Olympic medalists, and MVPs from every major sport. Dr. Gervais is the host of the popular Finding Mastery podcast that explores the psychology of the world’s most extraordinary thinkers and doers. Dr. Gervais created an online master class for the mind and co-authored the recently released Audible Original, Compete to Create, about how to train the mind.
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@AhmetKaan 2 жыл бұрын

*The pain of discipline is always less than the pain of regret.*

@danmosley4387 4 ай бұрын

Gervais has an edge that his clients will generally never have, he teaches others, which keeps those present moments in front of him most of the time. We learn enormously more when we teach others what we are learning ourselves.

@TheNeuroStoic 2 жыл бұрын

This JUST MAKES SENSE. I found myself in a deep dark hole being attached to 'what I did' as my identity and 'performance' as my only measure. I've spent the last 5 years forging my own strategy and system to develop self-confidence, control and clarity to consciously define my OWN purpose. I haven't heard it as succinctly as this. Thank u Ryan and Michael

@bettermanchannel770 2 жыл бұрын

Man I like this comment, a 5 year strategy, dam we think it happens over night, but you are signed up for the long term!! Dig it.

@privateequityguy 2 жыл бұрын

*10 things to quit for all Strong Men:* 1. Caring about what others think 2. Not believing in yourself 3. Not experimenting different ideas / solutions for problems (life&business) 4. Not prioritizing your health 5. Wasting your precious time 6. Wanting something (instead write a plan and work towards it) 7. Chasing meaningless relationships 8. Wasting or draining your energy from beating your meat 🥩 9. Wasting time by scrolling social media 10. Nailbiting/nailpicking habit for good (if you do it - consider stopping it as it makes you mentally weak + affects your confidence and all other areas of your life!) Take it easy and I hope you found one thing helpful in this list.

@levib4149 2 жыл бұрын

Just finished "Mans search for meaning" the other day and am doing a deeper read of it now. Great book.

@Renfeijo 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this interview - this is pure gold! So many nuggets of insight, especially the one about relationships, and the most important relationship of all: the relationship with yourself. Love it!

@Kraftpunk1983vc Жыл бұрын

Such an awesome conversation to sit in on.

@spendacheez1403 2 жыл бұрын

Didn’t know psychologists like Dr Gervais existed!

@technerdy 2 жыл бұрын

this guy is amazing!

@AhmetKaan 2 жыл бұрын

*To all the dreamers out there, don't ever let the world's negativity disenchant you or your spirit. If you surround yourself with love and right people, ANYTHING is possible.* 🙏🖤

@OneSillyWanker 2 жыл бұрын

That's not true lol

@battlewithintraining 2 жыл бұрын

I respect what your doing but spamming with motivational quotes takes away the purpose. It just means you aren’t looking into them at all and just saying it to say it

@DJSTOEK 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@formisfunction1861 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! Love it!

@aaronwimberleymbamsf5776 2 жыл бұрын

Great meditation to start the day=]

@grimthegreat8832 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome talks Gentlemen

@BranislavNarozny 2 жыл бұрын

The 4 signs of relationship failure was one of the best things I have ever heard... My 7+ years long relationship went sour like 2 months ago and when I think about this... These signs were all there... For a long time (years actually) in the exact order, getting us down the path of doom. Greatly said.

@OneAdam12Adam Жыл бұрын

He's stealing from Brene Brown. Get her book Atlas of the Heart.

@bettermanchannel770 2 жыл бұрын

Other people's opinions , the voice within our heads

@levib4149 2 жыл бұрын

We can speak volumes of the physical aspect of science and how beneficial medicine/nutrition is etc. It's only recently that people are taking seriously mental health, and there is some major catching up to do in regards to developing mental health and furthering its development. Psychedelic's are offering groundbreaking change in the field of mental health(even just in anxiety and depression alone). I've never heard that reference in regards to psychedelic's, but I can see why they would consider it "doing the work". It brings you face to face with your demons and makes you work on them. It can give you insight on how to be a better person. It opens your mind and allows analysis and experiences of things that wasn't clear or available prior to the experience. That being said I do think you also need a "tool kit" or philosophy to apply and live by in conjunction with those experiences. What philosophy doesn't really offer is a spiritual aspect to life that I believe is necessary and a fundamental part in being human.

@charlespackwood 2 жыл бұрын

I think 'the state of flow' is the place to be in sports. I've boxed in front of hundreds and was totally unaware of the crowd and was only occasionally aware of the ref. I've caught footballs like it was in slow motion. Everything that I've done in sports that was exceptionally beyond myself was in this state of flow. It's kinda autopilot.

@brofessormex 2 жыл бұрын

will there be a live stream?

@Jets1713 2 жыл бұрын

You gotta do Werner herzog

@OneSillyWanker 2 жыл бұрын

Muh purpose

@dadawesome784 2 жыл бұрын

There’s needs be a balance when practicing “premeditatio malorum” or it can cripple you.

@bettermanchannel770 2 жыл бұрын

Balance in all right?

@yuhyuhtheindigo7085 2 жыл бұрын

Hey man, I know with audio delays and the excitement of talking to such an extraordinary person it can be easy to butt in with your own ideas, but your agitated need to interject or add your thoughts while this man is calmly expressing ideas directly contradictory to that action, it reallllly sticks out. Food for thought 🙏🏼

@mattmcqueary8972 Жыл бұрын

What is the whisper at 21:56?

@slimpickens9103 Жыл бұрын

I dont have to be liked by others to be okay.

@OneAdam12Adam Жыл бұрын

This guy literally sounds like Brene Brown without crediting her.

@ricardomurillo5205 2 жыл бұрын

Nice but why do u overidentify and compare sport and business performance to Wall Street and Silicon valley...which attracts show-offs? Try super airports, NASA projects, dojos, ecological and social NGOs as more fitting examples of performance and quality in organizational structures.

@oldscribe6153 2 жыл бұрын

Michael Gervais is very astute and forgiving in this interview where blue-sky bubble blowing seems to be all that Ryan has got. Ryan, you really do need to realize that you are displaying the Dunning-Kruger syndrome in this interview (overconfidence because of ignorance). You simply do not seem to grasp the chasm of knowledge there is on display between you and Michael Gervais on these issues. And that body language 'baton' left arm of yours keeps battering me over the head. Ouch! In a word, embarrassing.

@TheAj253 2 жыл бұрын

A lot of these podcasts are really just ways to provide value to the uninspired listener all the while trying to one-up another and make the subtlest backhanded jabs. I thought I was tripping but the way the conversation flows always ends up in this manner.