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Dr. Michael Gervais on Not Caring What People Think and the Future of Stoicism (Pt 1)

Dr. Michael Gervais on Not Caring What People Think and the Future of Stoicism (Pt 1)

The Daily Stoic
Jan 31, 2024 58 min
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<p>On this episode of the Daily Stoic Podcast, Ryan is joined by Dr. Michael Gervais, one of the world’s top high-performance psychologists and leading experts on the relationship between the mind and human performance.&nbsp;</p><p>Together they discuss FOPO (fear of other people's opinions), the reality of imposter syndrome, and Dr. Gervais' book,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/the-first-rule-of-mastery-stop-worrying-about-what-people-think-of-you-signed-by-michael-gervais?_pos=1&amp;_sid=8cf05cbd1&amp;_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The First Rule of Mastery: Stop Worrying What Other People Think of You</em></a><em>.&nbsp;</em></p><p>Dr. Michael Gervais has spent his career being called on by the best of the best across the worlds of business, sport, the arts, and science when they need to achieve the extraordinary. Dr. Gervais’s client roster includes Super Bowl winning NFL teams, Fortune 50 CEOs, Olympic medalists, internationally acclaimed artists, and more. He is also the founder of&nbsp;<a href="https://findingmastery.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Finding Mastery</a>&nbsp;and the founder/host of the&nbsp;<a href="https://findingmastery.com/podcast-start/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Finding Mastery Podcast</a>, and the co-creator of the Performance Science Institute at USC. His work has been featured by NBC, ABC, FOX, CNN, ESPN, NFL Network, Red Bull TV, The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Outside Magazine, WIRED, and ESPN Magazine.</p><p>You can buy signed copies of his brand-new book,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/the-first-rule-of-mastery-stop-worrying-about-what-people-think-of-you-signed-by-michael-gervais?_pos=1&amp;_sid=8cf05cbd1&amp;_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The First Rule of Mastery: Stop Worrying What Other People Think of You</em></a><em>,&nbsp;</em>at The Painted Porch</p><br><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/michaelgervais/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">IG</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/michaelgervais?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">X:</a> @MichaelGervais</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/FindingMastery" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>: @FindingMastery</p><br><p>✉️<strong>&nbsp;Sign up for the Daily Stoic email:&nbsp;</strong><a href="http://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Check out the&nbsp;<a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily Stoic Store</a>&nbsp;for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more.</p><p>📱 Follow us:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@daily_stoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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