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Jul 2019
50m 33s

How Do We Reach Our Full Potential?

Goop, Inc. and Audacy
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Michael Gervais, a high-performance psychologist and the host of the podcast Finding Mastery, always loved sports. But he says he struggled “above the neck.” His own mental blocks got in the way when it came time to compete. Gervais got curious about this: How do we perform at our highest potential? He did a lot of research, and he decided that competition w ... Show More
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