The Art Of High Performance Psychology - Dr Michael Gervais - #452

**Chris Williamson** (0:00)
Hello everybody, welcome back to this show. My guest today is Michael gervais. He's one of the world's leading high-performance psychologists. The Seattle Seahawks, gold medalist Kerry Jennings, Microsoft, AT&T, Amazon, and Felix Baumgartner, the guy who jumped from the edge of space, all have one thing in common. They need a high-performance mindset. Michael's job for over 20 years has been to coach the world's top musicians, athletes, and executives to squeeze every last drop out of their potential. Today, expect to learn how to cope with intense emotions during a Super Bowl final, why your limits are so much further than you know, how Michael saved the Red Bull Stratos mission from failure, how to deal with the pressure of others' opinions, the importance of having a personal philosophy, and much more. Don't forget that you can join the Modern Wisdom Locals Community with over 3,000 other people who listen to the show and they have discussions about episodes and stuff that they've seen or watched or heard online. And you can join now for free. And if you want to support the show, you can also do it through there as well. That's modernwisdom.locals.com. modernwisdom.locals.com. In other news, this episode is brought to you by BioOptimizers. Unfortunately, a lot of people have been beaten down by anxiety, stress or poor sleep due to all the uncertainty in the world over the last few years. And if you're a working parent, you've had the extra difficulty of keeping your kids occupied 24-7 whilst trying to work from home, which isn't an easy task. So if you feel exhausted and burnt out, you're not alone. There are tens of thousands of people in a similar place right now. Question is, what can we do to enhance our mental wellness and recapture our zest for life? A great place to start is to take magnesium breakthrough daily. Stress and anxiety deplete your magnesium levels, low magnesium levels then contribute to more anxiety, which is a vicious cycle. By supplementing with magnesium breakthrough, you can break that cycle because you will be getting seven unique forms of organic full spectrum magnesium for stress relief and better sleep all in one bottle. Taking magnesium breakthrough will help you to experience more energy, stronger bones, healthy blood pressure, less irritability, a calmer mood, reduced muscle cramping and even fewer migraines. And because it supports mental wellness, magnesium breakthrough can help you to finally feel yourself again. Simply take two capsules before you go to bed and you'll be amazed by the improvements in your mood and energy levels and how much more rested you feel when you wake up. For an exclusive offer, head to magbreakthrough.com/modernwisdom and use the code MW10 during checkout to save 10% and get free shipping. That's magbreakthrough.com/modernwisdom and MW10 for 10% off and free shipping. In other other news, this episode is brought to you by Surfshark VPN. You're already paying for a Netflix membership, so why not pay an extra £1.59 or $2 a month to 10x the amount of content that you have access to and it literally takes two presses of a button. You do not know the difference in the amount of content that America has compared with the rest of the world. It is unfair. They have all of the Marvel series and movies. And if you're in America, you can check out what we've got going on in the UK. You can watch Line of Duty or something else, which is great. And it protects your browsing online. It stops phishing websites and hackers from stealing your data. It means that your internet service provider can't see what you've been doing and then sell it to advertising companies. It stops websites from split testing you on prices for products that you're already buying. And it is always super easy to use. It works on your phone, your laptop, your iPad, even on your TV. So if you're watching Netflix through a smart TV, it means that you can browse the entire world's Netflix library from there as well. And it's super easy to set up. On top of that, you get 83% off, three months free and a 30 day money back guarantee by going to surfshark.deals slash modern wisdom. So you can buy it and try it for 29 days. And if you do not like it, they will give you your money back. Surfshark.deals slash modern wisdom. But now please welcome Michael gervais.
Michael gervais, welcome to the show.

**Michael Gervais** (4:24)
Stoked to be here with you, Chris, thank you.

**Chris Williamson** (4:26)
Am I right in saying that you worked with Felix Baumgartner?

**Michael Gervais** (4:29)
You are right.

**Chris Williamson** (4:31)
That RedBull Stratos thing was one of the most inspiring periods that I think I've ever seen. Can you tell people the story, how you got working with them and what happened throughout that process?