Jan 9, 2018
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My conversation today is with Nicole Davis.
Nicole is a two-time Olympian, having won silver medals in Volleyball at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics as the Libero position for Team USA. Two silver medals. That’s a big deal.
She was also part of the 2014 US team that won the World Championships. Also a huge deal.
She retired from volleyball in 2015 and shortly thereafter began working with Coach Carroll of the Seattle Seahawks (go Seahawks!) and Dr. Michael Gervais (whom you’ll hear her refer to as Dr. Mike in this conversation). Many of you might know Michael Gervais from the Finding Mastery podcast. Coach Carroll and Dr. Mike are behind the company Compete to Create.
Today, Nicole’s position is that of a Mindset Coach at Compete to Create. Their goal is to provide high performance mindset training and coaching so that people are performing at their very best. If you can’t quite grok what that means, it’ll become really apparent once you listen to what Nicole has to say.
The conversation really centers around mindfulness and thoughts and the importance of both in helping us all be better versions of ourselves (whether we have big goals or more humble aspirations). As she points out, our thoughts influence our language and our language reflects culture.
In the case of her work, in this conversation she was likely talking specifically about team sports and high performing work environments but in reflecting on this, I think it’s a really great way to think about our own personal environments. Whatever microcosm we live in whether it’s our home, our work, our neighborhood, our city and beyond.
There are so many gems in this conversation that I know you’ll want to be prepared to take notes, particularly toward the end when she talks about being bold. Just wow. So, get ready with your finger on the pause button and grab something to write with.
Connect with Nicole:
Facebook | LinkedIn
Links/books/people mentioned:
Precision Food Works
(performance blood draw)
Compete to Create
Coach Pete
Carroll (Wiki)
Michael
Gervais (Wiki)
Finding
Mastery (podcast)
Bobby Knight
(Wiki)
Roger Federer
Coach K
Phil
Jackson (Wiki)
Karch
Karaly (Wiki)
April Ross
(Wiki)
Kerri
Walsh Jennings (Wiki)
Mick Haley
(Wiki)
Fenerbahce Women's Volleyball (Wiki)
Ted Talk on Quitting Smoking (Judson Brewer)
Judson Brewer
Jon Kabat Zinn
Mindfulness
Based Stress Reduction (Wiki)
Connect with me:
Facebook
Instagram
WanderTours
Be Bold
Facebook Group (women-only)
Twitter
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Be
Bold,
Beth