There is a phrase elite performers use to keep people at a distance without ever saying so directly: don't look at me, look at my performance.
Dr Michael Gervais, the sport psychologist behind some of the NFL's most recognised teams and a trusted voice inside Super Bowl-winning locker rooms, built an entire career on that idea before he noticed what it was costing him somewhere much closer to home. It took one blunt question from someone he trusted to show him the difference between being excellent and being known.
What that question was, and what changed once he actually answered it, is the part worth sitting with.
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