Michael Gervais

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524 appearances 2 recordings 2 series first heard Dec 2025 last heard 16 Jun

Michael Gervais’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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So it's very natural for young, talented folks to build what's called a performance-based identity.

And what that does, what am I talking about?

It's a performance-based identity is you define who you are by how well you do things.

And then that's why when you go out later in life to go do the thing that you're good at,

It feels like your entire essence is at stake.

That's why the batter is in a battering box.

Like they talk about like, I've got so much nerves and so much overwhelming.

What's at stake?

What's at stake is that you'll look bad if you underperform.

What's at stake is that your identity is on the line.

And I use baseball here as an example because there's really physically nothing on the line.

Like Alex Anold, there's a lot on the line.

You know, like a UFC fighter, there's a lot on the line.

So what am I pointing to?

That performance-based identity will help you get good because you will work really hard to prop up your identity based on how well you perform.

And in the Western world, our kids, us included, were force-ranked.

Here's the kids with A's.

Here's the kids with B's.

Here's the kids with C's.

All of that combined gives you a GPA.

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