Authenticity, Relationships, and Mastery | Volleyball Coach, Dr. Marv Dunphy

Marv Dunphy (0:00)

Finding Mastery, my first thought is, easier to see it than it is to develop it. One of the things that we've talked about a little bit is, how much do people change? And it's not much. Then we go back to how they view the world. And I'm not a development person, like growth and development, but I think it's easier to see these proactive athletes, and they're really rare, they're like one in 10,000. It's easier to see them and find them than it is to develop them.

Thank you.

Michael Gervais (0:45)

Okay, welcome back, or welcome to the Finding Mastery podcast. I'm Michael Gervais, and by trade and training, I am a sport and performance psychologist. And on a weekly basis, I get to sit down with extraordinary people to understand their psychology, to understand how they organize their inner life, to better understand how they use their mind, to excel in life, and also to double click underneath to figure out, like, how do they train their mind to become their very best?

And if you want to learn more about training your mind, it's just a quick little reminder that I'd like you to check out the online course that I built with Pete Carroll, the head coach of the Seattle Seahawks. And you can do that at findingmastery.net forward slash course.

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