Weekly Quote: Living on Our Own Terms With Dr. Michael Gervais

This week's quote comes from The First Rule of Mastery: Stop Worrying About What People Think of You by Dr. Michael Gervais. Dr. Gervais is a high-performance psychologist who has worked with some of the top performers in sports, business, and the arts.

It is helpful to know that even the highest achievers in the world need help overcoming the struggle of weighing the opinions of others over our own. It's one of those character traits that many of us are so good at, and we practice it to our own detriment.

Here's another helpful note. It takes everyone's time and effort to get better at this, from the highest-performing athlete and Fortune 100 CEO to you and me. We all struggle with this, and we're all finding our way together.