Summary: <br> <br> “There’s no such thing as a big moment, there’s just another moment.”<br> Michael Gervais<br> <br> <br> 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.<br> 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?<br> Is it luck? Talent? Support? Resources? Of course every result is significantly influenced by some combination of these important variables. But all things being equal, the difference between the champion and the also ran boils down to one distinct variable:<br> The mind.<br> Once the embarrassing last stop on a flailing athlete’s career, the world’s top sports psychologists now enjoys a highly influential and respected role proactively honing the mental and emotional edge of today’s most successful athletes, CEOs and creatives looking to elevate peak performance beyond the imaginable.<br> Enter Dr. <a title="Michael Gervais Website" href="http://michaelgervais.com/" target="_blank">Michael Gervais</a> — the go to high performance psychologist everyone is talking about.<br> <br> A key member of the Red Bull High Performance Program, Michael works in the trenches of high-stakes environments with some of the world’s most prolific Olympic and professional athletes — rare air where there is no luxury for mistakes, hesitation, or failure to respond.<br> Dr. Gervais’ results are beyond impressive. If you follow the NFL, then you might recall Michael as the guy <a title="Seahawks" href="http://www.seahawks.com/" target="_blank">Seattle Seahawks</a> coach <a title="Pete Carroll" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Carroll" target="_blank">Pete Carroll</a> credits as integral in their 2014 Super Bowl win for the <a title="ESPN Seahawks" href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/9581925/seattle-seahawks-use-unusual-techniques-practice-espn-magazine" target="_blank">meditation, mindfulness and other crucial team building techniques</a> he helped foster and instill into the fabric of the Seahawks organization and team culture that paved the team’s path towards incredible success.<br> You might also remember that Felix Baumgartner’s now-infamous <a title="Red Bull Stratos" href="http://www.redbullstratos.com/" target="_blank">Red Bull Stratos</a> jump from an altitude of 128,000 feet almost never was simply because Felix simply could not overcome the high level of <a title="WIRED Stratos" href="http://www.wired.com/2012/10/felix-baumgartner-claustrophobia/" target="_blank">anxiety and claustrophobia</a> he experienced every time he donned the jump suit. It was none other than Gervais who helped Baumagartner resolve the issue and get Stratos back on track. No Gervais, no history making jump.<br> And more recently, Michael is the man behind Luke Aikins, who astonished the world this past July by becoming the first skydiver to jump from a plane at 25,000 feet without a parachute or wingsuit and live to tell the story.<br> Dr. Gervais has also worked intimately with US Olympic Team members like beach volleyball superstar Kerry Walsh Jennings, as well as swimmers, snowboarders, golfers, basketball players, track and field athletes, an impressive array of top collegiate programs, and professional sports organizations including the NBA, NFL, NHL, MLB and UFC. In addition, his work has played an integral role in the US Military, as well as several collegiate and high school programs.<br> While Dr. Gervais’ roster includes some of the sports world’s most elite, this isn’t just about high performance athletes.<br> Whether you are an athlete or a weekend warrior, an executive or a stay-at-home parent,
