Creating the Optimal Environment for People to Thrive | Performance Coach, Owen Eastwood

Owen Eastwood (0:00)

For 99% of human history, we've been hunted gatherers. So this is deeply wired into our psyche, isn't it? And into our biology. So our need to belong, I think this is something that's just critically important, is that for all of our history, I would say, including now, if you are alone, you won't survive.

Your health will be seriously compromised. For most of our history, that would have been fatal.

And so that need to belong, that survival instinct that we all have, that was part of a band of people. And the band had a leader. So the leader's fundamental job was to take care of people. That was their fundamental job. That's why our groups of humans existed. So when we think of it like that, why is that not obvious to us today? Why do we feel that we can go in pursuit of outcome and sacrifice people and damage people along the way?

Michael Gervais (1:10)

Okay, welcome back or welcome to the Finding Mastery podcast. I'm Michael Gervais, and by trade in training, I am a sport and performance psychologist. And the whole idea behind this podcast, behind these conversations, is to learn from people who are committed to the path of mastery. What does that mean? It means that they're digging deep to understand the truth, the nuances, the essence of themselves, other people or their craft. And what we're trying to do is understand how do they use their mind to excel? How do they use their mind to stay true to themselves? And how do they use their mind to be able to advance human potential? I know that sounds lofty, but that's really what the center of this thing is about. And the gold dust around here is that we also get to learn how they use specific mental skills to build and refine their craft.

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