Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais

This week’s podcast is with Des Linden, a 2x Olympian, running the marathon for the U.S. in both the 2012 London Olympics and 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Her most significant achievement to date happened this year (2018) when she became the first American woman in 33 years to win the Boston Marathon. Prior to winning, she came in 4th last year (2017) and finished second by only two sec...

This week’s conversation is with Peter Park, founder of the Platinum brand and co-owner of the Platinum Fitness Summerland facility in Santa Barbara, California. He brings to this conversation a history rich of stories from the frontier. A blend of his own limit pushing achievements and 23 years of experience training elite athletes, big-screen celebrities, top touring musicians, and recreati...

On the 4th episode of The Process, Alex Fiance updates us on the latest happenings with Kairos and discuses the challenges they are currently facing: having to make investment decisions at a faster rate than ever before and the pressure that comes with it.  We then get to learn from Andres Blumer and Bruno Ocampo-González, co-founders of Mi Águila , a company that is rethinking workforce tran...

This week’s conversation is with David (leaving his last name out for security purposes.) He's been a top special operations sniper for more than 10 years.  David has four combat tours in support of Operation Enduring Freedom Afghanistan and one tour in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. During the last 21 years he has served in a variety of leadership roles that include; Fire Team Leader, S...

This week’s conversation is with Rebecca Rothstein, a private wealth advisor focused on helping high-net-worth individuals, families and institutions pursue their financial goals through wealth management, tax minimization strategies and legacy planning services. In 2017, Forbes named Rebecca one of “America's Top Wealth Advisors" and this year recognized her as the #1 “Top Women’s Wealth Advisor....

This week’s conversation is with Brett Campbell, a serial entrepreneur. He’s currently the CEO of Harvey Partners, focused on assisting new innovative businesses move from startup to business ready. Brett knew he wanted to run his own business from an early age and this conversation sheds light on his experiences along the way: from learning the ropes working for his uncle, going out on his own, s...

This week’s podcast is with Kaskade, a Multi GRAMMY Award-nominated musician who has been a groundbreaking innovator in the dance music world, and a titan in the music industry as a whole. While bridging the gap between old school music purists and a new generation of music lovers, he marries genres and twists labels to stay true to his roots while pushing the boundaries of what’s next. Relentless...

This week’s podcast is unique.  It’s a follow up with Rich Roll but it’s more of a casual conversation between friends than an interview. I also speak quite a bit more than a typical Finding Mastery podcast.  Rich is a friend and each time we have one of these conversations we always seem to end up taking the discussion somewhere new. For those of you unfamiliar with Rich, he’s a plantpo...

In Episode 3 of The Process, Alex Fiance updates us on the recent public launch of one of their companies, CERA, who offer a personalized home-care solution to the aging population, allowing elderly people to live where they are most comfortable and happy. We then get to learn from Tim Hwang, the founder of FiscalNote, a Kairos company. Tim shares why he cares about making societal impact and how...

Satya Nadella needs no introduction. He and his team are guiding one the world's most significant high-tech companies. He's the Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, and one of only three in their history.     The first time I met him (in 2014, when he was just a handful of weeks in as CEO) I was struck by how deeply he listened, his authentic curiosity to l...

This week’s conversation is with quarterback Sam Darnold on leadership, trust, and confidence. Sam was just selected by the New York Jets with the 3rd pick in this year's NFL Draft. Over the last two years, Sam has been one of the top college quarterbacks in the nation, playing at the University of Southern California. I’ve known Sam since he participated in the Elite 11 quarterback camp - which f...

This week’s podcast is with Chris Ashenden, the co-founder of Athletic Greens. Now I want to be totally transparent here – Athletic Greens is a partner of the podcast but I wouldn’t be comfortable having Chris on unless I fully believed in the product and their mission. In this conversation, we touch on Chris’ upbringing and how his experiences traveling around the world with his family shaped him...

This week’s podcast is with Jim DiMatteo. After graduating from the University of California Berkeley in 1986, Jim followed in his father’s and brother’s footsteps and joined the US Navy where he began an unprecedented Naval Aviation career. He retired as a Captain and has amassed nearly 5,000 hours in 5 different fighter aircraft (F/A-18, F-16, F-14, F-5, A-4) in over twenty-five years of service...

Kairos Managing Partner Alex Fiance shares they’ve made a new investment in a company called  iBeat , a smartwatch that continually monitors your heart rate, oxygen levels, and blood flow for life-threatening emergencies. Topics discussed include why they chose to invest, their process for determining if a company is the right fit, what Alex believes are the most important traits for an entre...

Ali Smith co-founded the Holistic Life Foundation in 2001, where he currently serves as Executive Director. He has over 15 years of experience teaching yoga and mindfulness to diverse populations. Through his work at the Holistic Life Foundation he has helped develop and pilot yoga and mindfulness programs at public and private schools, drug treatment centers, juvenile detention centers, mental cr...

This week’s conversation is with Cassidy Lichtman, a former member of the United States women’s national volleyball team. At the age of nine, Cassidy developed a chronic pain disorder in one of her legs and was told that she might never walk again. Imagine waking up one day with pain. Pain you didn’t understand. Pain that had no cure, no matter how many doctors you visited. On one side of the spec...

This week’s conversation is with American Swimmer and Olympic Gold Medalist Conor Dwyer. You wouldn’t know it looking at him now, with his 6’5”, athletic frame, three Olympic medals and four World Championships titles to his name, but success in the pool didn’t come easily to Conor.  He was a multi-sport athlete throughout his youth, settling into swimming as his main focus late in high schoo...

This week’s conversation is with Admiral Bill Owens on leadership, courage, and relationships. Bill is currently the executive chairman and co-founder of Red Bison Advisory Group, a company which identifies opportunities with proven enterprises in China, the Middle East, and the United States and creates dynamic partnerships focusing on: natural resources (oil, gas and fertilizer plants), real est...

Welcome to “The Process” a new audio series from Dr. Michael Gervais and Finding Mastery. In this series, we’re going to learn about  The Process :  What really goes on “in the thick of it,” for those on the pursuit of mastery? In this first season, we’re going to follow  Kairos  and their CEO Alex Fiance. Kairos is a global community of fellows, founders & advisors th...

This week’s conversation is with Valorie Kondos Field, often referred to as “Miss Val.” She’s the head coach of the six-time NCAA Champion, 21 NCAA Regional Champion and 17-time PAC 12 Champion UCLA Women’s Gymnastics team. Valorie was recently named the Pac-12 “Coach of the Century,” and in 2010, she became one of only two active coaches to be inducted into the UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame. She con...

This week's conversation is with entrepreneur Daymond John on the power of clarity, vision, and imagery. From street hustle -- to Shark Tank to being a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship, he has become globally recognized for his relentless commitment to promoting and supporting entrepreneurs.  Daymond initially made his mark as the entrepreneur and branding expert behind the...

This week’s conversation is with Hall of Fame swimming coach Bob Bowman, the maestro behind the illustrious career of Michael Phelps. He’s now the Head Coach for the Men’s and Women’s programs at Arizona State University. He is a four-time member of the U.S. Olympic Team staff, including Head Coach of the Men’s team at Rio 2016. He has guided swimmers to 38 Olympic medals, including 21 individual...

Jeremy Bailenson is the founding director of Stanford University’s  Virtual Human Interaction Lab and a professor at Stanford University. Jeremy studies the psychology of Virtual Reality (VR), in particular how virtual experiences lead to changes in perceptions of self and others. When I was up at his lab, he ran me through a fear-inducing protocol that completely hijacked my thinking br...

This week’s episode is special. It’s from our first Finding Mastery “Live” recorded at the USC Performance Science Institute . Seattle Seahawks head coach, Pete Carroll, USC Executive Director for Entrepreneurial Studies, David Belasco, and I created the institute to teach, train, and research the science, best practices, and applied processes for a high performing mindset in any domain. That...

This week’s conversation is with Jake Blauvelt, one of the world’s best all around snowboarders. He’s got a smooth, creative and effortless-looking style and it’s lifted him into an elite group of top athletes in the snowboarding world. Jake’s career started like most other snowboarders: traveling from contest to contest, making a name for himself riding half pipe & slopestyle events, & ev...