Minutes On Mastery

This is 2x Olympic Gold Medalist Anthony Ervin - on the Finding Mastery podcast with Michael Gervais. Early in Anthony’s career he struggled with an experience in which the media had a different perception of him than how he saw himself. He explains why learning how to express himself in written form was helpful in resolving this problem. Full podcast available here: http://www.findingmastery.net/anthony-ervin

This is Coach Paul Assaiante - on the Finding Mastery podcast with Michael Gervais - explaining why he sees practice as the perfect time to create conditions where his kids will fail. Full podcast available here: http://www.findingmastery.net/paul-assaiante

This is ESPN’s Alyssa Roenigk - on the Finding Mastery podcast with Michael Gervais - telling the story of how she coined the term, “The Madden Curse."Full podcast available here: www.findingmastery.net/alyssa-roenigk

This is legendary college coach Paul Assaiante - on the Finding Mastery podcast with Michael Gervais - describing his biggest fear in life. Full podcast available here: http://findingmastery.net/paul-assaiante/

This is ABC’s Dan Harris- on the Finding Mastery podcast with Michael Gervais - describing how to best surrender to the process of meditation. Full podcast available here: http://www.findingmastery.net/dan-harris

This is ultra athlete Rich Roll- on the Finding Mastery podcast with Michael Gervais - explaining why he knew he needed to take a risk and quit his job. Full podcast available @ http://www.findingmastery.net/rich-roll

This is neuroscientist Caroline Leaf - on the Finding Mastery podcast with Michael Gervais - explaining the conscious vs unconscious parts of the mind. Full podcast available here: http://www.findingmastery.net/caroline-leaf

This is author Ryan Holiday - on the Finding Mastery podcast with Michael Gervais - discussing the mistake many successful people make. Full conversation available at: http://www.findingmastery.net/ryan-holiday

This is neuroscientist Caroline Leaf - on the Finding Mastery podcast with Michael Gervais - describing the process for atomizing one’s thoughts. Full podcast available here: http://www.findingmastery.net/caroline-leaf

This is author and professor Angela Duckworth - on the Finding Mastery podcast with Michael Gervais - explaining why she believes passion is more difficult than perseverance. Full podcast available at: www.findingmastery.net/angela-duckworth

This is psychologist Anders Ericsson - on the Finding Mastery podcast with Michael Gervais - providing an example of how we can apply deliberate practice to less quantifiable facets of life.

This is leadership executive Liz Wiseman - on the Finding Mastery podcast with Michael Gervais - explaining some of her favorite questions she asks to identify the "native genius" in others...

This is psychologist Anders Ericsson - on the Finding Mastery podcast with Michael Gervais - explaining how his research supports and differs from Maclom Gladwell's 10k hours rule.

Author & researcher Kayt Sukel explains how to raise your kid to become a better risk taker.

This is watermen Kai Lenny - on the Finding Mastery podcast with Michael Gervais - explaining why he’s never been afraid to stand out and carve a different path on his pursuit of mastery.

This is author Steven Kotler - on the Finding Mastery podcast with Michael Gervais - describing how he discovered the flow state and why it proved life altering for him.

Watermen Kai Lenny describes the moment in which he’s fully present.

Katie Holloway discusses her fear of serving and her concern over not having enough time to practice her craft. Mike recommends the practice of "imagery" to give her the confidence she needs for Rio. He explains how she can implement it.

Congressman Tim Ryan describes his mindset during the early campaigning days and how it took grit that he learned from playing sports

Author Ryan Holiday explains why for him, the cost of mastery is not being to “turn it off."