Kai Kight: Violin

Dr. Michael Gervais (0:07)

Hi, everyone, in this episode, I sat down with Kai Kight. He's a classically trained violinist and composer who's been able to perform around the world sharing his craft. He graduated from Stanford University, where surprisingly he didn't study music. He graduated actually from the School of Engineering, where he was selected eventually as a design fellow for the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins. I first met Kai while he and I were both presenting at a conference called Wisdom 2.0. And if you haven't had the chance to check out the conference, it's definitely worth a quick search. It's a conference where mindfulness and technology intersect, and it's definitely a switched on community. So when he was performing, he dropped into this version of Michael Jackson's Smooth Operator. It was just so good. And he goes on to explain in his presentation of his path toward being able to allow his music to speak. I think that we capture in this interview how much he really loves music and how his practice, his love for practice and figuring out how to get better and how that has led him to this quest and this interest in innovation. I want to take a minute here to announce a really exciting event that we have coming up. As you continue to navigate the challenges and opportunities of 2024, I want to pose a question. What are you doing right now to be great with stress? How are you working with stress on your pursuit towards your most important ambitions and goals? And I just want to get right to the heart of the key elements, one in particular, for what it takes to excel in today's high heat, high stakes world. Because stress is not the problem that we think it is. Stress is a synonym for change. And our ability to be agile with change, that is the real opportunity at hand. So if you're wanting to unlock extraordinary results and sustainable performance in your life, it's not about avoiding or reducing stress. And as simple as that sounds, it's very tricky to do, but it is about fundamentally changing your relationship with it.

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Price varies based on product and subscription plan. So let's just jump right into the path that led him to now, where he wants to go, his psychological framework, and the mental skills that he practices that have led him toward mastery in his own life. So thank you for coming in, Kai. We've had the pleasure to meet each other up at the Seattle Seahawks, and I've followed your work for a while.

The first time that I was exposed to you was when you were playing at Wisdom 2.0, which is obviously a conference about mindfulness and the path toward a better version of yourself. And what I came to find is that you had or have a way about yourself that's grounded, that's personable, but also really pushing the edge in your craft.