The Psychology of Winning | Michael Johnson
Episode Date: April 1, 2026What separates the athletes who perform when it matters most from those who don't... and can that difference be trained?Michael Johnson is on...
Dive into the minds of the world’s greatest athletes, leaders, thinkers, and doers with Dr. Michael Gervais—a high performance psychologist and world-renowned expert on the relationship between high performance and the mind. Dr. Gervais’s client roster includes Super Bowl winning NFL teams, Fortune 50 CEOs, Olympic medalists, internationally acclaimed artists, and more.On Finding Mastery, Dr. Gervais sits down with the best at what they do, like David Goggins, Brene Brown, Toto Wolff, soccer legend Abby Wambach, neuroscientist Dr. Andrew Huberman, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella — translating their life stories, mental skills, and personal practices into applicable tools you can use to unlock your potential.Walk with us to the edge of human possibility and learn what you are capable of. New episodes every Wednesday.
607 episodes transcribedWhat separates the athletes who perform when it matters most from those who don't... and can that difference be trained?Michael Johnson is on...
There's a version of honesty most of us have never tried. Not brutal honesty. Not radical honesty. Something quieter and more demanding than...
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Why are young people today reporting the highest levels of anxiety, depression, loneliness, and despair in modern history?Dr. Angela Duckwort...
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Data on an NFL sideline is immediate. Decisions are filtered through fear, experience, and instinct.In this episode of The Game Inside the Ga...
Some moments don’t fade. They wait.In this episode of The Game Inside the Games, Dr. Michael Gervais reconnects with Ricardo Lockette as retu...
The huddle is one of the quietest moments in football—and one of the most revealing. Before the play is called, before anyone moves, a team c...
The noise at the Super Bowl can be overwhelming—tens of thousands of voices colliding into a single roar. But the loudest voice a player hear...
The Super Bowl isn’t just a physical game — it’s a psychological one.In this special Game Inside the Games episode, Dr. Michael Gervais is jo...
What does it mean to live wisely in a loud, distracted, and often reactive world?Ryan Holiday—bestselling author and modern Stoic philosopher...
What if the real risk to our health isn’t aging itself, but becoming metabolically weak?Dr. Gabrielle Lyon — physician, researcher, and one o...
What changes when anxiety shows up—and you stop trying to outrun it, and start learning how to work with it?Dan Harris—journalist, bestsellin...
If you’re trying to be productive, what if the answer isn’t to do more… but to do less, better?On today’s episode, we welcome back Cal Newpor...
The most powerful way to enter a new year is not with resolutions, but with a deeper understanding of how to connect with the people who matt...
What if the greatest gift you could offer this season isn’t something you buy—but rather the way you choose to meet yourself and others—with...
What would change if you stopped trying to push through fatigue — and instead learned what your biology is trying to tell you?On today’s epis...