What role do insecurities play in high-level performers

Michael Gervais, PhD explains the role of insecurities in the mindset of a high-level performer
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What role do insecurities play in high-level performers

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There's so many different variables that propel people into the world stage. And there's many different drives that people have to be able to last to be able to be on the world stage for a consistent amount of time. And while there's an idea that some people are struggling with insecurity and there's also another idea that people are truly feeling like natural explorers and they just want to go for it. So there's such a wide variance of reasons why people are pursuing their potential that there's no single one reason of how people are able to figure out how could they can get. And while some are rooted in struggle others are grounded in opportunity.

Michael Gervais, PhD explains the role of insecurities in the mindset of a high-level performer

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Michael Gervais, PhD

High Performance Psychologist

Dr. Michael Gervais, a licensed psychologist and industry visionary, is a founding partner of Pinnacle Performance Center. He focuses most of his time on people at the "top of their game," from NBA players, to Olympians, to military personnel. Dr. Gervais has a clear understanding of how performers become and consistently excel at a world-class level. Spending years in the trenches of high-stakes circumstances, Dr. Gervais has developed clarity for the tools that allow people to "thrive under pressure."

Dr. Gervais is a published, peer-reviewed author and a nationally recognized speaker on issues related to high performance for those who excel on the largest stages in the world.

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Transcription: 
There's so many different variables that propel people into the world stage. And there's many different drives that people have to be able to last to be able to be on the world stage for a consistent amount of time. And while there's an idea that some people are struggling with insecurity and there's also another idea that people are truly feeling like natural explorers and they just want to go for it. So there's such a wide variance of reasons why people are pursuing their potential that there's no single one reason of how people are able to figure out how could they can get. And while some are rooted in struggle others are grounded in opportunity.