Adapt or Die: Gevvie Stone on the Pain Cave, Focusing on the Process, and the Superpower of Being a Perpetual Student

Today’s conversation was so much stinkin fun to have. My guest is 3x Olympian Gevvie Stone (@gevgevs). Gevvie, a native of the Boston area, is a three-time Olympic rower. She raced for the USA in the women's single at the London games (where she placed 7th) and 2016 in Rio, where she took home a silver medal. She will represent the USA in the women's double in the upcoming 2021 Olympics in Tokyo. 

She’s also represented the USA at a variety of levels, including two Under-23 World Championships and six senior national teams, including nine World Cups and four World Championships. She studied history at Princeton University before graduating from Tufts University School of Medicine in 2014. Just in case you missed it, yes that’s correct, she completed medical school IN BETWEEN two trips to the Olympics. She has completed the first year of her emergency medicine residency at the Beth Israel-Deaconess Hospital in Boston and has been taking a leave of absence to train for Tokyo.

In this episode we touch on everything from the evolution of her performance mindset to her approach to pre-race imagery. You’ll also notice her twin superpowers throughout the conversation, the first being her capacity for motivational flexibility and the second being her skill at listening and being open to the next opportunity to learn, grow, and improve.

You’re really going to love this one - for show notes, transcripts, and to sign up for the MTL newsletter (hint: access to a new mental training worksheet for each episode), visit mtl.academy!

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