What It Takes to Lead an NFL Franchise | NFL Coach, Dan Quinn

Dan Quinn (0:00)

I would oftentimes practice in a practice or even in a game to say like, how many plays, if there was like, on a defensive side, 60 or 65, how many of those plays could I be fully locked in, not thinking about the next play, the next thing, and really on that moment to see what is best to shift into. And so same thing at practice, somebody's pulling on you or trying to distract you or asking you a question like, how many plays, if there was 30 or 35 plays at practice, could I be fully present, feet on the ground, locked in for those six or seven seconds?

Michael Gervais (0:42)

Okay, welcome back, or welcome to the Finding Mastery podcast.

Tell you what, I love this community now. It seems like now more than ever, but I've said that plenty of times. As we continue to grow, and as we continue to support and challenge each other, God, I just love what we're doing. So, I trade in training, I'm a sport and performance psychologist. My name is Michael Gervais, and also I'm the co-founder of Compete to Create. And this community that we have, it's timely because we are connected and we've always been connected digitally. And so, I just, I don't, you know, I'm trying to sort out, is this podcast best served as a bit of entertainment, of relief from the everyday kind of doom and gloom that we find on the news and some of the high stress moments, or is it meant to be part of the solution? And I'm straddling both. And so, this conversation is about the depth and the art of becoming.

And we're always reinventing who we are. And so, the next version of ourselves is out there. It's available. And this conversation is definitely about that. But the whole idea behind the podcast is to understand from people who have committed their life efforts towards mastery.

And we wanna do that by understanding how did they condition and train their mind and how do they organize their inner life? What are they searching for? How did they deal with setbacks and obstacles? And right now, like the whole library, the almost 300 episodes that we've had so far, the library is really about dealing with challenges. And right now we are in it. And so I hope you're doing well. Like I mean that from the bottom of my heart. And some of you are thriving in this time. You know, you're an introvert, you love being by yourself. You're doing some of your best work because you're writing and you're committed to whatever it is that you're doing.

It doesn't have to be writing, it could be anything. And some of you are struggling.

And that is the range of the human experience, suffering to optimization. And for those of you who are suffering, I feel you, I'm with you. I wish there was something I could do to materially help you through that process. But if you're listening to this podcast, you're probably taking the right steps. And I also want to encourage you to go get with professionals, hire somebody, find somebody, dial somebody up that is trained in the field of psychology. Now's a great time to do that internal work.

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