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Dr. Michael Gervais On Elite Performance & The Psychology of Self-Mastery
At the highest echelon of elite performance, all the athletes possess otherworldly talent. Their thirst for glory is equally preternatural. All of them train to the outer limits of physical possibility. And they are all extraordinarily adroit at focusing on almost inhuman, impossible goals.
So what accounts for the distance between the Olympic gold medalist standing proudly atop the podium and the athlete watching the games on television at home?
Is it luck? Talent? Support? Resources? Of course every result is significantly influenced by some combination of these important variables. But all…
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