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A Bit of Optimism

A Bit of Optimism

Business:Careers

Mastery is an Infinite Game with performance psychologist Mike Gervais

Mastery is an Infinite Game with performance psychologist Mike Gervais

2024-07-23
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Fierce competition can lead to burnout. How do we train ourselves to maintain excellence without giving in to the pressure to perform?

High-performance psychologist Mike Gervais has a solution. He calls it mastery. Mike's approach to mastering our thoughts and emotions has helped Olympians win gold medals, the Seattle Seahawks win the Superbowl, and CEOs take their companies to the next level.

Mike and I sat down to discuss the psychological tools to fine-tune our inner voices and why focusing on purpose instead of outcome empowers us to accomplish difficult things.

This...is A Bit of Optimism.

 

To learn more about Mike's work, check out his podcast:

Finding Mastery

 

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