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PERFORM LIKE AN ATHLETE AT WORK AND IN LIFE
Sunday, July 26, 2020
The following are highlights from the conversation between Pete Carroll and Dr. Michael Gervais of Compete to Create and Lynne Zaledonis, Salesforce’s SVP Product Marketing on Salesforce’s Living Through change podcast on 7/21/2020. Watch now. Back in 2012, Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll invited high performance psychologist Dr. Michael Gervais to attend training camp
- Published in Business, Coaching, Confidence, Focus, High Performance, Mindfulness, Training
HOW YOUR PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY LEADS TO PERSEVERANCE IN UNCERTAIN TIMES
Thursday, July 16, 2020
Exclusive Excerpt from the New Audible Original – “Compete to Create: An Approach to Living and Leading Authentically” by Dr. Michael Gervais and Pete Carroll From Pete Carroll: Writing down your personal philosophy is a process that takes a lot of work, but everyone is capable of doing it. Living your philosophy is how we share
- Published in Confidence, Inspiration, Philosophy, Self-Discovery
THE PASSION TRAP
Saturday, July 11, 2020
The new Audible Original – “Compete to Create: An Approach to Living and Leading Authentically” launched this week. One of the hidden challenges it raises for living well is “The Passion Trap.” People often fall into the trap of believing they need to find that one thing they are passionate about – whether it’s writing,
- Published in Character, Confidence, Focus, Mindfulness
THE GRIT FACTOR
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Years ago, I pulled up YouTube and watched a TED Talk from Dr. Angela Duckworth, a psychology professor at Penn whose words piqued my curiosity that day. The topic? Grit. My response? Dr. Duckworth and I need to talk. Her TED Talk had — in a new way — put words to something we had
- Published in Coaching, Confidence, Control, Focus, Grit
HOW TO CREATE A PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
First things first, ask yourself, “do I have a personal philosophy”. More than likely, you do– whether you can effectively articulate it yet, or not. We all have a personal philosophy, or a way about ourselves that gives us some degree of clarity and direction throughout our daily lives. Creating a personal philosophy, understanding how
- Published in Character, Confidence, Philosophy, Self-Discovery, Vision
DR. MICHAEL GERVAIS FEATURED IN UNDER ARMOUR’S NEW DOCUMENTARY, MARGIN OF VICTORY
Thursday, June 06, 2019
In Under Armour’s new documentary, Margin of Victory, they explore the mindsets behind some of the world’s best athletes during their preparation leading up to their next big performance: 6-time NBA All Star, 2-time NBA MVP and 3-time NBA Champion Stephen Curry, FIFA World Cup Champion and Olympian Kelley O’Hara and former Heavyweight Champion Anthony
- Published in Confidence, Control, High Performance
PUSHING MY LIMITS WITH A 35-MILE ULTRA-MARATHON RACE
Friday, March 29, 2019
35 miles of running. 10,000 feet of climbing. 9.5 hours of one foot in front of the other. For the first time since the Rio Olympics, I wanted to be tested again physically. That’s why I signed up for an ultramarathon in Whistler B.C. When I first committed to this race, running four miles felt like hard work. I had
- Published in Confidence, Grit, High Performance, Inspiration
PROJECT RECONNECT: CATALINA CHANNEL, EPISODE 3
Thursday, December 20, 2018
Project Reconnect was designed to reconnect to the purpose-driven and nature-connected life that many of our ancestors exceptionally lived. So I set out to stand-up paddle across the Catalina Channel (~30 nautical miles) to reconnect to mother nature, and to raise money for a non-profit that is working on ridding the ocean of plastics. I knew it would be hard –
- Published in Calm, Confidence, Focus, High Performance, Mindfulness
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