What happens when elite athletes need elite mental skills? Enter Dr Scott Goldman - sports psychologist to some of the world’s top teams including the NBA champion Golden State Warriors.

Andrew and Scott explore what it takes to shape a winning mindset, how team culture is re-built every season, and the lessons learned from locker rooms that don’t lie. From overcoming fear conditioning to coaching through chaos, Dr Scott unpacks the psychology behind performance under pressure, why social media doesn’t serve him, and how “every team, every year, is a new team.”

In this episode, Andrew and Dr Scott talk about:

00:30 Is Dr Scott elusive on social media by design, not having to apply to work with sports teams because they come looking for him and being part of the Golden State Warriors NBA championship winning team.

6:05 Embracing cool moments like his first time on a stadium pitch, Dr Scott’s friendship and connection to Michael Gervais and Michael Gervais is on a quest to change the world whereas Dr Scott is more focused on the individual.

11:55 The first moment Dr Scott realised what he wanted to do, culture is a state of being, not a state of doing and how Dr Scott is able to work with so many teams at one time.

19:55 Leveraging his work with multiple teams to cross-pollinate skills across different sports, what Dr Scott does when he first enters a new teams environment, and the idea that every team every year, is a new team.

29:30 Teams can be brutal and the locker room doesn’t lie. Does Dr Scott have a big elaborate plan or does he just wing it in his programs and what makes coach Steve Kerr such an amazing coach from Dr Scott’s perspective?

40:05 How Dr Scott teaches people to deal with their fears, fear and phobias can be imprinted in our DNA and how we can overcome our fear conditioning.

51:05 Post-traumatic stress can come in different forms and at different levels, not being involved in social media because it doesn’t give him enough space to talk about what he wants and preparing athletes to accept the outcomes of a game whether they are positive or negative.

1:02:30 Preparing to accept uncertainty, no athlete wants to get screwed and no coach wants to screw over an athlete and using AIQ to successfully measure the athletic intelligence of people across the world.
1:15:10 Andrew and mental skills coach Aaron Walsh’s reflections on the podcast.

Find out more about AIQ: https://aiq.team/
Connect with Dr Scott on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottgoldmanphd/
Listen to the episode with Michael Gervais: https://performanceintelligence.transistor.fm/episodes/140-dr-michael-gervais

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