How do you unlock your highest potential? It begins with taking radical risks—and finding your edge. This week I am joined by Dr. Michael Gervais, a leading expert in human performance psychology. With decades of experience in high-stakes environments, Dr. Gervais' clients include the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks, Olympic medalists, MVPs from major sports, world record holders, musicians, and corporate leaders. Today’s conversation delves into the power of vision and imagination, mental skills, the pervasive Fear of People’s Opinions, and the profound concept of purpose. Episode 808. Streaming wherever you get your pod. ✌🏼🌱 - Rich

do what athletes do every day. Every day, they are going to the messy edge at that place where they could fall into a thousand pieces or unlock something special. But what those athletes do is a radical risk-taking every day, incredibly vulnerable, and with people that are wanting to take their job, their friends, their peers, and coaches that determine if they're gonna get playtime or not. And we look at them and think like they're kind of born that way. But we don't do that. We don't go every day and get to our emotional edge. We play it safe. We play it small. We get busy as opposed to intentional. We lie to ourself and numb ourself. And we stay on the surface rather than going to the places that they go, which is right at that edge where they could fall apart or be just right in the presence of a slipstream of unlocking something special, the next level of their expression.