Watermen Kai Lenny on Risk and Innovation

Michael Gervais (0:09)

All right, welcome back or welcome to the Finding Mastery Podcast. I'm Michael Gervais. And as a quick reminder, what we're doing in these conversations is working to learn from those who are on the path of mastery, working to understand their psychological framework, how they see the world, how they see themselves in it, the thinking patterns and the practices that they use to be able to support those thinking patterns.

And it's not that we're trying to think the same way they think, or even use the same psychological framework that they use, but working to almost counterbalance and or assimilate some of the ways that they've used. And so it's that reference point that I've talked about before that I find so valuable in these conversations. And of course, we're gonna dive into the mental skills that they use to refine their craft and to build it, and to help them when they pursue danger and or risk or challenge and they're in it, how did they use their mind to be able to excel through it? And some of those times are, you know, the way they think about the opportunity ahead, whether it's risk or challenge that can set the world apart and or if they're in the middle of it and struggling, like how do they use their mind? How do they practice to be able to be fluid in those moments? And those are all the mental skills stuff. I wanna 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 wanna 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 wanna 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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Okay, now this conversation is with Kai Lenny. And as you can tell, I was just like a little geek and a kid in this conversation. And Kai is known as a true waterman. And he's a big wave surfer, surfs really heavy, heavy, heavy surf. He's a kite surfer, standup paddler, who by the way has won the world title six times. And he's an innovator. He's just released a new product that is disruptive in the field of surfing. So we'll talk about that later. And really this conversation is about innovation. And so I hope that it doesn't get lost that this conversation because he's so proficient in the ocean, other people can't relate. This is about innovation. This is about learning. This is about being a student from both people and mother nature.